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Elephant snout (Mormyrus hasselquistii)
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Ecological Illustration of Elephant snout (Mormyrus hasselquistii)
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Mormyridae

Elephant snout

Mormyrus hasselquistii

Fifty Centimeters Mormyrid Fish

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

Elephant snout is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 50 cm.

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