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Common names: Elephant fish, Elephantfish, Makorepe
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Annala, J.H. (comp.), 1994
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Regulations: restricted | Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs around the South Island, most common near Banks Peninsula, in 20-200 m (Ref. 9258). From Eastern Bay of Plenty to Snares shelf, possibly to Kaipara Harbour (Ref. 89422). Fished commercially during the spring-summer inshore migration (Ref. 26346). Annual catch sometimes approaches 1,000 tons with substantial quantity exported to Australia (Ref. 9072). The fishery is predominantly an incidental by-catch of other target fisheries (Ref. 9072). May be sold as fish and chips (Ref. 26346). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 6871, 27363, 58461, 75154.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Masca laboureur, Каллоринх австралийский (=слоновая акула), Elephant fish, ... more

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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); milii: In honor of Bory de Saint-Vincent’s “old friend” (translation) Pierre Bernard Milius (1773‒1829), a French naval officer, naturalist and civil servant, who supplied specimen upon which description and its accompanying illustration (shown here) were based; (See ETYFish).

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

seewasser; brackwasser demersal; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 0 - 227 m (Ref. 26346). Subtropical; 33°S - 50°S

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Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m 71.0, range 70 - ? cm
Max length : 125 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 26346); common length : 75.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9258)

Occurs on continental shelves to depths of at least 200 m (Ref. 6871). Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed (Ref. 6871). Feeds mainly on shellfish (Ref. 26346). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205). Flesh is of good eating quality. Males have a small, club-like protuberance on the head and also long copulation organs near the pelvic fins (Ref. 557).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Migrates into large estuaries and inshore bays in the spring to breed (Ref. 6871). Oviparous, two egg cases (Ref. 26346) are laid on sandy or muddy bottoms and take up to 8 months to hatch (Ref. 6871). Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).Young hatch at about 15 cm (Ref. 26346).

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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 April 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Harmless

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.1 - 18.2, mean 15.2 (based on 179 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00203 - 0.01181), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.29 se; based on food items.

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.06-0.47; tm=2-6; Fec=2).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (55 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): High.

Callorhinchus milii BorydeSaint-Vincent, 1823