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Trunkfish (Cyphomyrus psittacus)
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Ecological Illustration of Trunkfish (Cyphomyrus psittacus)
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Mormyridae

Trunkfish

Cyphomyrus psittacus

Mormyrid Fish beneath the Niger Basin

  • Tropical
  • Upper river
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Trunkfish is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Bonytongues
Family
Mormyridae
Genus
Cyphomyrus
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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