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The Cape elephantfish eats sea urchins, bivalves, crustaceans, gastropods, worms, and bony fish. Its predators include seals and sharks. It is oviparous, laying two egg cases at a time. The egg case is large (about 25 cm) and spindle-shaped, with a ragged frill all around it.
Callorhinchus capensis A. H. A. Duméril, 1865 (Cape elephantfish) Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent , 1823 (Australian ghostshark) A number of fossil species are also known, extending back into the mid- Cretaceous ( Albian ).
The shape and structure of these leads to the popular name "elephant-nosed fish" for those species with particularly prominent mouth extensions. The extensions to the mouthparts usually consist of a fleshy elongation attached to the lower jaw. They are flexible, and equipped with touch, and possibly taste, sensors.
St Joseph shark or elephant fish, Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal) [3] [4] [5] Family Chimaeridae – chimaeras Cape chimaera, Chimaera sp. (Lüderitz to Cape Point) [4] Family Rhinochimaeridae – longnose chimaeras Harriotta raleighana Goode and Bean, 1895 (off Western Cape) [4]
A small species of fish that measures no more than half an inch in length is capable of producing sounds louder than an elephant, according to a new study.
Two of the big boats are based out of Cape Seafood's Gloucester dock: the 40-foot-wide, 140-foot-long F/V Endeavor, which can hold 450 metric tons of fish, and its sister ship, the F/V Challenger.
A new study has uncovered a tiny fish species’s ability to produce a huge sound. Danionella cerebrum is 10 to 12 millimeters, or about 0.4 to about 0.5 inches, long and lives in shallow, murky ...
Alternative names include elephant shark, makorepe (in Māori), whitefish, plough-nose chimaera, or elephant fish. It is found off southern Australia, including Tasmania, and south of East Cape and Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand, at depths of 0–200 m (0–656 ft). Despite several of its names, it is not a shark, but a member of a closely ...