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Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865

Cape elephantfish
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Callorhinchus capensis
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Namibia country information

Common names: Josef, Josefvis, St. Joseph
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale, 1989
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Okeyo, D.O., 2005
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Abundant off the coast. Caught with bottom trawls and commonly by shore anglers (Ref. 36731). Also Ref. 3180, 5578, 7403, 12484, 54854, 58304.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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كاملات الرؤوس (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);  capensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Cape of Good Hope, type locality. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Duméril.

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

بحري القاع; نطاق العمق 10 - 374 m (Ref. 5578), usually 10 - 200 m (Ref. 3180).   Subtropical; 17°S - 35°S, 11°E - 34°E

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Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to the Cape and Natal in South Africa (Ref. 5578, 58304).

Length at first maturity / الحجم / وزن / العمر

Maturity: Lm 49.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 122 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 3180); أعلا وزن تم نشرة: 5.3 kg (Ref. 40637)

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الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 1. An elephant fish with a hoe-like snout and arched caudal fin (Ref. 5578). Silvery or bronzy with brown markings on flanks and head; fin webs brown (Ref. 5578).

أحياء     المصطلحات (على سبيل المثال epibenthic)

Found from close inshore and shallow bays to the slope (Ref. 5578). Feeds on small fish and a wide variety of invertebrates (Ref. 27121). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Produces egg-cases that are spindle shaped, with broad horizontal flanges (Ref. 36731). This species is known to host on its gills monogenean parasites Callorhynchocotyle callorhynchi (Manter, 1955) (Hexabothriidae) and Callorhynchicola multitesticulatus Manter, 1955 (Chimaericolidae) on its gills (Ref. 124045, 124046). Sold commercially as 'silver trumpeter' (Ref. 3180) and considered a delicacy in southern Africa (Ref. 27121). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 7403.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | التكاثر | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

المرجع الرئيسي Upload your references | مراجع | المنظم | المتعاونين

Krefft, G., 1990. Callorynchidae. p. 117. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Parisl. Vol. 1. (Ref. 7403)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 September 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

خطر للأنسان

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 12484)




استخدامات بشرية

مصائد: غير مهمة تجارياً; لعبة سمكه: نعم
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.3 - 21, mean 16.2 (based on 200 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00437 (0.00175 - 0.01086), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.52 se; based on food items.
المرونه (Ref. 120179):  منخفض, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 4.5-14 سنة (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
فئة السعر (Ref. 80766):   Low.