Species details : Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865

Accepted scientific name:
Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Callorhinchus capensis  Duméril, 1865
Synonyms:
Callorhynchus antarcticus (non Fleming, 1822) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Callorhynchus antarcticus (non Fleming, 1822)
Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865
Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Josef - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Josef - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Josefvis - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Jihoafrická sloní ryba - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Kap-elefantfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Cape elephantfish - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Elephantfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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St. Joseph - English Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Masca du Cap - French - Click here to show the literature
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Totenkopfchimäre - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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南非叶吻银鲛 Nan fei ye wen yin jiao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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南非葉吻銀鮫 Nan fei ye wun yin jiao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-elefante - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Rechin elefant - Romanian Romania Click here to show the literature
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Pejegallo del Cabo - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Quimera del cabo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Australisk plognos - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Kap-plognos - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Holocephali FishBase
Order Chimaeriformes FishBase
Family Callorhinchidae FishBase
Genus Callorhinchus FishBase
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to the Cape and Natal in South Africa (Ref. 5578, 58304).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 02-Oct-2012
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=167
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9f74ba-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401