Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
(Mormyrus longirostris)

Classification

Species: Mormyrus longirostris
Genus: Mormyrus
Family: Mormyridae - Freshwater elephantfishes
Order: Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Tropical
Native: Africa
Distribution: Lake Tanganyika, Zambezi, Congo River

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