Hingemouth

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Hingemouth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gonorhynchiformes Family: Phractolaemidae Genus: Phractolaemus Species: P. ansorgii
Binomial name
Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901

The hingemouth, Phractolaemus ansorgii, is a small freshwater fish that is found only in west central Africa, the sole member of the family Phractolaemidae.

The mouth can extend like a small trunk, thus the name, and the swim bladder can function as a lung, allowing the hingemouth to survive in oxygen-depleted environmnets.

[edit] References

• Phractolaemus ansorgii (TSN 162844). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 11 March 2006.
• "Phractolaemidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• "Phractolaemus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• "Phractolaemus ansorgii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.