Animalia > Chordata > Osteoglossiformes > Mormyridae > Gnathonemus > Gnathonemus petersii

Gnathonemus petersii (Ubangi mormyrid; Peter's elephantnose; Long-nosed Elephant Fish; Elephantnose fish; Elephant nose; Elephant fish)

Synonyms: Gnathonemus brevicaudatus; Gnathonemus histrio; Gnathonemus peters; Gnathonemus petersi; Mormyrus petersii
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Wikipedia Abstract

Peters' elephant-nose fish (Gnathonemus petersii; syn. Gnathonemus brevicaudatus Pellegrin, 1919, Mormyrus petersii Günther, 1862) is an African freshwater elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. Other names in English include elephantnose fish, long-nosed elephant fish, and Ubangi mormyrid, after the Ubangi River. As the Latin name petersii confirms it is named after someone called "Peters" (probably Wilhelm Peters), although the apostrophe is often misplaced and the common name given as "Peter's elephantnose fish". It uses electrolocation to find prey, and has the largest brain-to-body oxygen use ratio of all known vertebrates (around 0.6).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Omo Strict Natural Reserve Forest Reserve 328086 Nigeria  
Takamanda Forest Reserve National Park II 167041 Cameroon  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Archidiplectanum archidiplectanum[1]

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1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0