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elephant fish

chondrichthyan fish

Also known as: Callorhinchidae

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annotated classification

In chondrichthyan: Annotated classification
Family Callorhinchidae (elephant fish) Hoe-shaped proboscis. Size to about 1.3 metres (about 4 feet). 1 genus (Callorhinchus) with 3 species, which may eventually prove to be identical. Restricted to cool temperate and boreal latitudes of Southern Hemisphere; generally taken in rather shallow water, sometimes entering estuaries and…
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chimaeras

In chimaera
…or cone-shaped snout; Callorhinchidae (elephant fishes), with an unusual, hoe-shaped, flexible snout; and Rhinochimaeridae (long-nosed chimaeras), with an extended, pointed snout.
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