Callorhinchus milii

Bory De Saint-Vincent, 1823

Ghost shark
Classification: Holocephali Chimaeriformes Callorhinchidae

Reference of the original description

Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1823)
Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, 3: 61–62, 1 Pls.

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Callorhinchus milii Bory De Saint-Vincent, 1823

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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Callorhynchus australis, Callorhynchus dasycaudatus, Callorhynchus milii, Callorhynchus milli, Callorhynchus millii, Callorhynchus tasmanius, Callorynchus milii, Callorynchus milli, Chimaera australis

Types
Callorhinchus milii
XXXX: No types known;
Callorhynchus australis
XXXX: No types known;
Callorhynchus tasmanius
Holotype: BMNH: 1953.8.10.22 Syntype: BMNH: 1953.8.10.22

Description :

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Callorhinchus milii Bory De Saint-Vincent, 1823, Melbourne Aquarium

Common names
$deu $T$$ Elefanten-Chimäre, $fra $T$$ Masca laboureur, eng

Elephant fish, eng

Elephant shark, eng

Elephantfish, eng

Ghost shark, eng

Plownose chimaera, eng

Reperepe,

Silver fish, eng

Silver trumpeter, eng

White fillets, eng

Whitefish

Distribution
Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: commercial

Biology
Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed [1388]. Oviparous, two egg cases [578] are laid on sandy or muddy bottoms and take up to 8 months to hatch [1388]. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733].Young hatch at about 15 cm [578]. Occurs on continental shelves to depths of at least 200 m. Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed [1388]. Feeds mainly on shellfish [578].

Size / Weight / Age
125 cm TL (male/unsexed; [578])

Habitat
demersal; oceanodromous [17660]; marine; depth range 0 - 227 m [578]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=672;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea