hingemouth

Hingemouth

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Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gonorhynchiformes
Family:	Phractolaemidae
Genus:	Phractolaemus
Species:	ansorgii

Binomial name

Phractolaemus ansorgii

The hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii) is a small freshwater fish that is only found in west central Africa, the sole member of the family Phractolaemidea. The mouth can extended 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.

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