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Common names: Elephant fish, Elephant fish, Elephant shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
Importance: commercial | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in southern Australia, from Esperance, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales; including Tasmania. Substantial catches taken south of Bass Strait where it is sold as whitefish fillets; small quantities taken off Victoria and Tasmania (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 26346, 27363, 89422.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Common names from other countries

Masca laboureur, Каллоринх австралийский (=слоновая акула), Elephant fish, ... more

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Holocéfalos (quimeras) (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); milii: In honor of Bory de Saint-Vincent’s “old friend” (translation) Pierre Bernard Milius (1773‒1829), a French naval officer, naturalist and civil servant, who supplied specimen upon which description and its accompanying illustration (shown here) were based; (See ETYFish).

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

marino; salobre demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 227 m (Ref. 26346). Subtropical; 33°S - 50°S

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Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 71.0, range 70 - ? cm
Max length : 125 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26346); common length : 75.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9258)

Occurs on continental shelves to depths of at least 200 m (Ref. 6871). Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed (Ref. 6871). Feeds mainly on shellfish (Ref. 26346). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205). Flesh is of good eating quality. Males have a small, club-like protuberance on the head and also long copulation organs near the pelvic fins (Ref. 557).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed (Ref. 6871). Oviparous, two egg cases (Ref. 26346) are laid on sandy or muddy bottoms and take up to 8 months to hatch (Ref. 6871). Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).Young hatch at about 15 cm (Ref. 26346).

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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 April 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.1 - 18.2, mean 15.2 (based on 179 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00203 - 0.01181), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.29 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.06-0.47; tm=2-6; Fec=2).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (55 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Callorhinchus milii BorydeSaint-Vincent, 1823