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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 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.
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.
Longnose gar have a typical lifespan of 15–20 years with a maximum reported age of 39. This long lifespan allows the female to sexually mature around 6 years old. Males mature sexually as early as 2 years of age. Longnose gar are sexually dimorphic; the females are larger than the males in body length, weight, and fin length.
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Long-nosed chimaeras are found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from 200 to 2,000 m (660 to 6,560 ft) in depth. [4] In August 2020, a long-nosed chimaera was brought up from 460 fathoms (2,760 ft; 840 m) off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. [5] They range from 60 to 140 cm (2.0 to 4.6 ft) in maximum total length, depending on species.
Elephant fish may refer to: Fish. Callorhinchidae, a family of marine fish also known as elephant sharks or plough-nose chimaeras; Mormyridae, a family of African freshwater fish that sometimes are kept in aquariums; Other. Gajamina, an elephant-fish mythical figure used in funeral ceremonies in Bali, Indonesia