Elephantfish (species: Callorhinchus milii) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Callorhinchus milii
Elephantfish


©Fir0002: Flagstaffotos: Elephantfish (Callorhinchus milii)

©Natalie Tapson: Egg case: the female elephant shark lays its egg in the sand and gestation takes from 6 up to 8 months before the young hatches.

©mariana-nz: Egg case

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Holocephali
Order Chimaeriformes
Family Callorhinchidae
Genus Callorhinchus
Species Callorhinchus milii
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 125 cm (TL) - applies to Commonly around 75cm TL.

Depth range

  • From 0 m to 227 m

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Occurs on continental shelves to depths of at least 200m. Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed.

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