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Callorhinchus callorynchus, Plownose chimaera : fisheries

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Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plownose chimaera
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Callorhinchus callorynchus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Uruguay country information

Common names: Elephant fish, Gallo, Pexe gallo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 58839.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menni, R.C., R.A. Ringuelet and R.H. Aramburu, 1984
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

Masca, Pejegallo, Elephantfish, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (Chimären, Seekatzen) (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); callorynchus: callum (L.), hard skin; rhynchus (L.), snout, referring to peculiar hoe-shaped proboscis (See ETYFish).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

seewasser demersal; tiefenbereich 10 - 116 m (Ref. 34015).   Subtropical; 5°C - 10°C (Ref. 34015); 3°S - 56°S, 82°W - 43°W

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