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Campylomormyrus elephas
Campylomormyrus elephas, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in Africa, in the Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
From the article Campylomormyrus elephas on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fishes species name is the word in Latin for elephant, probably referring to its long, elephant trunk-like snout.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 96646.