Callorhinchus milii

Callorhinchus milii

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Callorhinchidae
Subfamilia: Callorhinchinae
Genus: Callorhinchus
Species: Callorhinchus milii

Name

Callorhinchus milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)

• No types known.

Type locality: May be Brunnyi Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Synonymy

• Callorhynchus tasmanius John Richardson, 1840
• Callorhynchus australis Owen, 1854
• Callorhynchus dasycaudatus Colenso, 1879

Vernacular names

English: Elephant shark

Range

Southwest Pacific: Southern Australia and New Zealand

References

• Bory de Saint-Vincent, J. B. G. M. 1822-31. [Pisces accounts.] In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Vols. 1-17. Dict. Classique, 1822-31.
• Venkatesh, B., Lee, A. P., Ravi, V., Maurya, A. K., Lian, M. M., Swann, J. B., Ohta, Y., Flajnik, M. F., Sutoh, Y., Kasahara, M., Hoon, S., Gangu, V., Roy, S. W., Irimia, M., Korzh, V., Kondrychyn, I., Lim, Z. W., Tay, B.-H., Tohari, S., Kong, K. W., Ho, S., Lorente-Galdos, B., Quilez, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Raney, B. J., Ingham, P. W., Tay, A., Hillier, L. W., Minx, P., Boehm, T., Wilson, R. K., Brenner, S. & Warren, W. C.; 2014: Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution. Nature, 505: 174–179. DOI: 10.1038/nature12826