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Callorhinchus capensis (St. Joseph; Elephantfish; Cape elephantfish)

Synonyms: Callorhynchus capensis; Callorynchus capensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape elephantfish, josef, or St. Joseph shark (Callorhinchus capensis) is a species of fish in the Callorhinchidae family.
View Wikipedia Record: Callorhinchus capensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.367 lbs (2.888 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 2 months
Male Maturity [1]  3 years 3 months
Litter Size [1]  22
Maximum Longevity [1]  12 years

Predators

Hexanchus griseus (Bluntnose six-gill shark)[2]
Notorynchus cepedianus (Tiger shark)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0