Hingemouths
Phractolaemidae
The hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii) is a freshwater fish found only in western Central Africa. It is less commonly known as the “African Mudminnow”, “African mudfish”, “snake mudfish”, and “snake mudhead”. In Lontomba, it is called "mobili". It is best known for its unique oral anatomy.
1 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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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 85986.