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Hingemouths
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Hingemouths

Phractolaemidae

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

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1 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Hingemouths

genusPhractolaemus

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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.