Cape elephantfish

Cape elephantfish

Taxobox
name = Cape elephantfish


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Chimaeriformes
familia = Callorhinchidae
genus = "Callorhinchus"
species = "C. capensis"
binomial = "Callorhinchus capensis"
binomial_authority = Duméril, 1865
synonyms = The Cape elephantfish, josef, or st. joseph ("Callorhinchus capensis") is a species of fish in the Callorhinchidae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas.

References

* Pheeha, S. & Dagit, D.D. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60138/all Callorhinchus capensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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