Reed fish biography
Who is reed fish!
Reedfish
Species of fish
The reedfish, ropefish (more commonly used in the United States), or snakefish, Erpetoichthys calabaricus, is a species of fish in the familyPolypteridae alongside the bichirs.
Reed fish biography
It is the only member of the genusErpetoichthys. It is native to fresh and brackish waters in West and Central Africa. The reedfish possesses a pair of lungs in addition to gills, allowing it to survive in very oxygen-poor water.
It is threatened by habitat loss through palm oil plantations, other agriculture, deforestation, and urban development.[1]
Description
The largest confirmed reedfish museum specimen was 37 cm (15 in) long,[4][5] and three studies where more than 2,000 wild reedfish were caught (using basket traps, meaning that only individuals longer than 15–20 cm [6–8 in] were retained) found none that exceeded 41.4 cm (16.3 in).[6][7][8] Although sometimes cl