Biology:Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus
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Short description: Species of fish
| double-trunk elephant nose | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Mormyridae |
| Genus: | Campylomormyrus |
| Species: | C. rhynchophorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger, 1898)[2]
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the double-trunk elephant nose, Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found only in Africa. This species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.[1][3][4]

Size
This species reaches a length of 22.0 cm (8.7 in).[5]
Distribution
This fish is distributed throughout the Congo River basin in the countries of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola .[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Moelants, T. (2010). "Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182475A7893834.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/182475/7893834. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ↑ Boulenger, George Albert; Green, J.; Smit, P. J. (1898). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo: Poissons nouveaux. Première Partie. Impr. C. vande Weghe [etc.]. pp. 1-20, Pls. 1-9. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5766. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5766.
- ↑ "Lifedesks.org". http://mormyrids.lifedesks.org/pages/2051.
- ↑ Gosse, J.-P. (1984). "Mormyridae". in J. Daget. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). 1. MRAC ORSTOM. pp. 63–122.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q5746147 entry
