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elephant fish
chondrichthyan fish
Also known as: Callorhinchidae
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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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