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The genera Campylomormyrus, Gnathonemus and Mormyrus possess a particularly prominent extending mouth that usually consists of a flexible fleshy elongation attached to the lower jaw and is equipped with touch and probably taste sensors, which is why they are popularly called "elephant-nose fishes".
The shape and structure of these leads to the popular name "elephant-nosed fish" for those species with particularly prominent mouth extensions. The extensions to the mouthparts usually consist of a fleshy elongation attached to the lower jaw. They are flexible, and equipped with touch, and possibly taste, sensors.
Peters's elephant-nose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) is an African freshwater elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. Other names in English include elephantnose fish, long-nosed elephant fish, and Ubangi mormyrid, after the Ubangi River. The Latin name petersii is probably for the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters.
Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll 1967) (donkey-faced elephant nose) Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger 1920) (Christy's elephantfish) Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin 1924) [4] Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger 1898) (Matadi elephantfish) Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger 1898) (elephant-trunk mormyrid)
Asian elephant drinking water with trunk. The elephant's trunk and the tapir's elongated nose are called "proboscis", as is the snout of the male elephant seal. Notable mammals with some form of proboscis are: Aardvark; Anteater; Elephant; Elephant shrew; Hispaniolan solenodon; Echidna; Elephant seal; Leptictidium (extinct) Moeritherium ...
Plough-nose chimaeras range from about 70 to 125 cm (2.30 to 4.10 ft) in total length. [4] Their usual color is black or brown, and, often a mixture between the two. While the club-like snout makes elephantfish easy to recognize, they have several other distinctive features.
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African bush elephant with ears spread in a threat or attentive position and visible blood vessels. Elephant ear flaps, or pinnae, are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) thick in the middle with a thinner tip and supported by a thicker base.