Common names:
Elephant fish, Elephantfish, Makorepe
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
brackish
Abundance:
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Importance:
minor commercial
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Ref: Annala, J.H. (comp.), 1994
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
restricted
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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.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:
Holocephali (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
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 227 m (Ref. 26346). Subtropical; 33°S - 50°S
Distribution
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