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Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plownose chimaera
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Chile country information

Common names: Achagual, Chalgua, Pejegallo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Patagonian region (Ref. 27363). Also Ref. 5530.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pequeño, G., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Masca, Pejegallo, Elephantfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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);  callorynchus: callum (L.), hard skin; rhynchus (L.), snout, referring to peculiar hoe-shaped proboscis. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 116 m (Ref. 34015).   Subtropical; 5°C - 10°C (Ref. 34015); 3°S - 56°S, 82°W - 43°W

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