Callorhinchus callorynchus, Plownose chimaera : fisheries

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Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plownose chimaera

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Callorhinchus callorynchus
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Uruguay country information

Common names: Elephant fish, Gallo, Pexe gallo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 58839.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menni, R.C., R.A. Ringuelet and R.H. Aramburu, 1984
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

Masca, Pejegallo, Elephantfish, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (helhuvudsfiskar) (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 Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 10 - 116 m (Ref. 34015). Subtropical; 5°C - 10°C (Ref. 34015); 3°S - 56°S, 82°W - 43°W

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Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.2 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. ); common length : 70.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 6077)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 1. Pectorals very large (Ref. 27363).

Occurs in sandy and muddy substrates. Apparently associated with Stromateus brasiliensis and Discopyge tschudii (Ref. 34015). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Max length (Itamar Alves Martins, pers. comm., 2002).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Oviparous (Ref. 50449).

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Menni, R.C., R.A. Ringuelet and R.H. Aramburu, 1984. Peces marinos de la Argentina y Uruguay. Editorial Hemisferio Sur S.A. Buenos, Aires, Argentina. 359 p. (Ref. 2806)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Sårbar, se IUCNs rödlista (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 02 September 2019

CITES (Ref. 131153)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.5 - 14.8, mean 11.3 (based on 125 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00219 - 0.00954), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

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