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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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