A family of freshwater fish from Africa, commonly known as elephant fish or elephant snout fish, distinguished by their extended jaw-like snout.
From New Latin, combining Greek gymnos meaning 'naked' with arch meaning 'ruler' or possibly arkhos, plus -idae the taxonomic family suffix. Named for their distinctive appearance.
Elephant fish have an electric organ in their extended snout that they use for navigation and communication in murky African rivers—they essentially see through water by creating an electrical field around themselves, like having sonar made of biological electricity.
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