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The reedfish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, ropefish (a name more commonly used in the United States), or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys. It is native to West Africa, with its natural habitat stretching from Nigeria to the Congo.

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  • Erpetoichthys calabaricus
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  • The reedfish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, ropefish (a name more commonly used in the United States), or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys. It is native to West Africa, with its natural habitat stretching from Nigeria to the Congo.
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Date
  • --05-04
  • --12-27
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Status
  • secure
Name
  • Reedfish
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Species
  • E. calabricus
  • calabaricus
Genus
  • Erpetoichthys
Month
  • October
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binomial
  • Erpetoichthys calabricus
ID
  • 161057(xsd:integer)
  • 161058(xsd:integer)
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taxon
  • Erpetoichthys
  • Erpetoichthys calabaricus
Phylum
regnum
  • Animalia
Year
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
  • 2005(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The reedfish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, ropefish (a name more commonly used in the United States), or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys. It is native to West Africa, with its natural habitat stretching from Nigeria to the Congo. The reedfish has a maximum total length of 90 centimetres (36 inches). It lives in slow-moving, brackish, warm water, and it can breathe air (meaning it is able to survive in water with low dissolved oxygen content) using a modified swimbladder which it uses like a pair of lungs. This organ means it can survive for an intermediate amount of time out of water. The reedfish is a nocturnal creature that feeds on annelid worms, crustaceans and insects at night, and it is sometimes displayed in aquariums. Its genus name, Erpetoichthys, derives from the Greek words erpeton ("creeping thing") and ichthys ("fish").
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