Callorhinchus capensis

Duméril, 1865


Cape elephantfish
Classification: Holocephali Chimaeriformes Callorhinchidae

Reference of the original description
Dumeril, A.H.A. (1865)
Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale. Tome Premier. Elasmobranchés. Plagiostomes et Holocéphales ou Chimères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 720 pp

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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Callorhynchus capensis, Callorynchus capensis

Types
Callorhinchus capensis
Syntype: MNHN: A-7981; MNHN: 4294;


Description :


Citation: Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865; © Rob Tarr, Rob Tarr Photography, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
Common names
deu \(T\) Totenkopfchimäre, spa Pejegallo del Cabo, spa Quimera del cabo, fra \(T\) Masca du Cap, eng Cape elephantfish, eng Elephantfish, eng St. Joseph, por Peixe-elefante

Short Description
An elephant fish with a hoe-like snout and arched caudal fin [536]. Silvery or bronzy with brown markings on flanks and head; fin webs brown [536].

Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to the Cape and Natal in South Africa (Ref. 5578, 58304). Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: low; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species

Biology
Oviparous [733]. Found from close inshore and shallow bays to the slope [536]. Feeds on small fish, benthic invertebrates and crustaceans [536] [17736].

Size / Weight / Age
122 cm TL (male/unsexed; [20091]); max. published weight: 5,250 g (Ref. 40637)

Habitat
demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 374 m [536], usually 10 - 200 m [20091]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=671;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
Cestoda
  • Gyrocotyle plana Linton, 1924 [27243]

Trematoda
  • Probolitrema callorhynchi Parukhin, 1966 (nomen nudum) [27172]

Isopoda
  • Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 [27243]

Hirudinea

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