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German term or phrase:	Elefantenrüssler
English translation:	Elephant Nose fish
Entered by:	M00nshine

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15:07 Nov 5, 2009

This question was closed without grading. Reason: Answer found elsewhere

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German term or phrase: Elefantenrüssler

A type of fish from the Cameroon

M00nshine KudoZ activity Questions: 42 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 32
Local time: 02:49

Summary of answers provided

Long-nosed Elephant Fish, Elephant Nose, Peter's Elephantnose, Peters' elephantnose fish

David Williams

Summary of reference entries provided

Peters' elephantnose fish

Kim Metzger

Discussion entries: 2

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8 mins confidence:

Long-nosed Elephant Fish, Elephant Nose, Peter's Elephantnose, Peters' elephantnose fish

Explanation:
Gnathonemus petersii = Long-nosed Elephant Fish, Elephant Nose, Peter's Elephantnose, Peters' elephantnose fish

Vgl. Tapirfisch, Elefanten Rüsselfisch. Gnathonemus petersii. http://www.marions-tier.info/html/tapirfisch__elefanten-_rus...

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-11-05 15:17:39 GMT)
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Tipp bei Tiernamen: Immer nach dem lateinischen Namen suchen, das ist der Schlüssel!

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Note added at 23 hrs (2009-11-06 14:22:50 GMT)
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Sorry! I noticed that it was closed when I submitted the answer and was puzzled too. I had clicked on the link from the e-mail notification of the question, read it & posted my answer and only then saw that it had been closed, but my answer was accepted anyway, so I guess I must have started the answering process before you closed it. Still, at least it means that anyone else who looks here can find the answer :-)

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Note added at 23 hrs (2009-11-06 14:23:46 GMT)
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Have you re-opened it now, by the way? It no longer seems to say it is closed, in any case...

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peters%27_elephantnose_fish
Reference: http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Gnathonemus_petersii.html

David Williams
Germany
Local time: 02:49
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English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you David for your help. I was of the opinion that I had closed the question before anybody had posted a reply. Sorry.

Reference comments

9 mins peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Peters' elephantnose fish

Reference information:
Peters' elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii; syn. Gnathonemus brevicaudatus Pellegrin, 1919, Mormyrus petersii Günther, 1862[1]) is an elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. Other names in English include elephantnose fish, long-nosed elephant fish, and Ubangi mormyrid, after the Ubangi River.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peters'_elephantnose_fish

Der Elefantenrüsselfisch (Gnathonemus petersii) gehört zur Familie der Elefantenfische (Mormyridae) der Ordnung der Knochenzünglerfische (Osteoglossiformes), die auch andere Familien wie etwa die Schmetterlingsfische (Pantodontidae) umfasst.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefantenrüsselfisch

Kim Metzger
Mexico
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