Elephant fish
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Elephant fish may refer to:
- Freshwater elephantfish, the family MormyridaeMormyridaeThe family Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" , are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family are popular, if challenging, aquarium species...
of ray-finned fishActinopterygiiThe Actinopterygii or ray-finned fishes constitute a class or sub-class of the bony fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize...
. - Marine elephantfish, also called elephant shark, the family Callorhinchidae or plownose chimaeras, in the class of cartilaginous fishChondrichthyesChondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone...
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