Callorhinchus capensis, Cape elephantfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865

Cape elephantfish
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Holocéphales (chimères) (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Callorhinchidae (Plownose chimaeras)
Etymology: Callorhinchus: Tautonymous with Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus 1758 (but unnecessarily emended from -rynchus to -rhinchus: callum (L.), hard skin; rhynchus (L.), snout, referring to peculiar hoe-shaped proboscis. (See ETYFish);  capensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Cape of Good Hope, type locality. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Duméril.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie


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