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The fish were believed to have eaten the penis of the god Osiris after his brother Set had dismembered and scattered his body. A settlement in Upper Egypt, Per-Medjed, was named after them. They are now better known by their Greek name Oxyrhynchus, [2] meaning "sharp-nosed", a nod to the Egyptian depiction of the fish. [3]
Oxyrhynchus lies west of the main course of the Nile on the Bahr Yussef, a branch that terminates in Lake Moeris and the Faiyum oasis.In ancient Egyptian times, there was a city on the site called Per-Medjed, [4] named after the medjed, a species of elephantfish of the Nile worshipped there as the fish that ate the penis of Osiris.
At the city of Per-Medjed, better known as Oxyrhynchus, whose name means "sharp-nosed" after the fish, archaeologists have found fishes depicted as bronze figurines, mural paintings, or wooden coffins in the shape of fishes with downturned snouts, with horned sun-disc crowns like those of the goddess Hathor.
Bronze figurine of Oxyrhynchus fish, Late Period-Ptolemaic Egypt The Medjed was a sacred fish in Ancient Egypt. At the city of Per-Medjed, better known as Oxyrhynchus, whose name means "sharp-nosed" after the fish, archaeologists have found fishes depicted as bronze figurines, mural paintings, or wooden coffins in the shape of fishes with downturned snouts, with horned sun-disc crowns like ...
Bronze figurine of Oxyrhynchus fish, Late Period-Ptolemaic Egypt The Medjed was a sacred fish in Ancient Egypt. At the city of Per-Medjed, better known as Oxyrhynchus , whose name means "sharp-nosed" after the fish, archaeologists have found fishes depicted as bronze figurines, mural paintings, or wooden coffins in the shape of fishes with ...
Isis, as 'Abtu, Great Fish of the Abyss,' [5] was identified with the penis-swallower of the Osiris in the legend of Osiris within the city of Oxyrhynchus, and named the city after the sacred fish (Oxyrhynchus means "sharp nosed fish"). The fish cult spread to many parts of Egypt.
Nandus oxyrhynchus is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Nandidae. It is native to the Mekong River Basin, Chao Phraya River Basin, and Mae Klong River Basin. [2] It occurs in slow flowing and still waters in streams, rivers, pond and lakes. It is a carnivorous fish preying on other fishes and larger invertebrates. [1]
In Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), a species listed as Coregonus oxyrhynchus is protected for 'anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea' [27] In 2023, DNA analysis found the houting to be genetically indistinguishable from Coregonus lavaretus, and therefore not extinct. [28] [9]