Species Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
Elephantfish, Elephant Fish, Elephant Shark, Ghost Shark, Ghostshark, Plownose Chimaera, Reperepe, Silver Fish, White Fillets, White Fish, White-fish, Whitefish
- Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1823. Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Rey et Gravier Vol. 3 592 pp. [articles on fishes] [62, pl. 113(1)] [as Callorhynchus milii].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Western Australia (as Côtes occidentales de la Nouvelle-Hollande) =?Bruny Island, TAS.Type locality references:
Whitley, G.P. 1968. A check-list of the fishes recorded from the New Zealand region. The Australian Zoologist 15(1): 1-102 figs 1-2 [13]. - Callorhynchus tasmanius Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [29].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1953.8.10.22, Port Arthur, TAS and Murder's Bay, New Zealand.Type locality references:
Whitley, G.P. 1968. A check-list of the fishes recorded from the New Zealand region. The Australian Zoologist 15(1): 1-102 figs 1-2 [13]. - Callorhynchus australis Owen, R. 1852. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London 184 pp. [not seen] [51].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, TAS.Type locality references:
Whitley, G.P. 1939. Studies in Ichthyology No. 12. Records of the Australian Museum 20(4): 264-277 figs 1-3 [267].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Whitley, G.P. 1939. Studies in Ichthyology No. 12. Records of the Australian Museum 20(4): 264-277 figs 1-3 [267]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Callorhynchus callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758 [misidentification]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1911. Report on the fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part 1. Zoological (Biological) Results. Endeavour 1(1): 1-87 figs 1-20 pls 1-16 [16] - Callorychus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 [misspelling of generic name]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] - Callorhynchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 [unjustified emendation of generic name]. —
Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [35]
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [237]
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [194]
Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [63]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [167]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Stephens, NSW (32º42´S) to Esperence, WA (33º52´S, 121º54´E); temperate, SW Pacific (New Zealand).
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 200 m.
General References
Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Families Chimaeridae, Callorhynchidae, Rhinochimaeridae. pp. 185-193 figs 164-192 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [190]
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae, Chimaeridae, Callorhinchidae, Rhinochimaeridae. 138-149 pp. in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [147]
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [32] (as Callorhynchus milii)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [20] (147, as Callorhynchus milii)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (167, Callorychus milii)
Common Name References
Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [68] (Ghostshark)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [190] (Elephantfish, Ghost Shark, Plownose Chimaera, White-fish)
Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [52] (Elephant Fish)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [167] (White Fish)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [160] (Silver Fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Elephantfish)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [40] (Elephant Fish, Elephant Shark, Reperepe, White Fillets, Whitefish)
History of changes
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