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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.
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.
The blunt-jawed elephantnose or wormjawed mormyrid (Campylomormyrus tamandua) is a species of elephantfish. [2] It is found in rivers in West and Middle Africa. [3] It is brown or black with a long elephant-like snout with the mouth located near the tip.
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The fish species is about half an inch long. ... One of the world’s tiniest fish can make noises louder than an elephant, new study says. Jennifer Rodriguez. March 3, 2024 at 5:05 PM.
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)
Now, a judge has ruled that Trump Tower is a public nuisance and that its cooling water intake system has killed thousands of fish from the Chicago River, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The tower ...
Alepisaurus ferox, also known as the long snouted lancetfish, longnose lancetfish, or cannibal fish, is a species of lancetfish found in the ocean depths down to 1,830 m (6,000 ft). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This species grows to 215 cm (85 in) in total length and a weight of 9 kg (20 lb).