The blunt-jawed elephantnose or wormjawed mormyrid (''Campylomormyrus tamandua'') is a species of
elephantfish.
It is found in rivers in
West
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
and
Middle Africa
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.
It is brown or black with a long elephant-like snout with the mouth located near the tip. Its diet consists of worms, fish, and insects.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
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Etymology
The Latin name is derived from the anteater genus ''Tamandua
''Tamandua'' is a genus of anteaters in the Myrmecophagidae family with two species: the southern tamandua (''T. tetradactyla'') and the northern tamandua (''T. mexicana''). They live in forests and grasslands, are semiarboreal, and possess part ...
'', referring to the aardvark-like shape of its snout.
See also
*List of freshwater aquarium fish species
A vast number of freshwater species have successfully adapted to live in aquariums. This list gives some examples of the most common species found in home aquariums.
Siluriformes, Catfish
Characiformes, Characoids
Cichl ...
References
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Mormyridae
Weakly electric fish
Fish described in 1862
Taxa named by Albert Günther