WoRMS taxon details
Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
278468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278468)
accepted
Species
Callorhinchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839 · unaccepted
Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839 · unaccepted
Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904 · unaccepted
Callorrhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Callorynchus callorynchus Meuschen, 1778 · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed)
Callorynchus elephantinus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Chimaera antarctica Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278468 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=5063 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892) Philippi, R. A. (1892). Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoologí.</em> No. 3: 1 + 1-16 + 1, Pls. 1-6. [In Spanish. Also published in 1893 with title "Abbildung und Beschreibung einiger Chilenischer Fische..."]., available online at https://www.mnhn.gob.cl/publicaciones/anales-mnhn-algunos-peces-de-chile-1892 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823) Bory de St Vincent J.B. (ed.). (1822-1831). <i>Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle</i>. 17 vols. Rey & Gravier, and Baudouin frères, Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1822]; vol. 3-4 [1823]; vol. 5-6 [1824]; vol. 7-8 [1825]; vol. 9-10 [1826] vol. 11-12 [1827]; vol. 13-14 [1828]; vol. 15 [1829]; vol. 16 [1830]; vol. 17 [1831]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/33901 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865) Duméril, A. H. A. (1865). Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale. Tome Premier. I. Elasmobranches. Plagiostomes et Holocéphales ou Chimères. v. 1: 1-720, Atlas: pp. 1-8, Pls. 1-14. [Pt. 1 = pp. 1-352, Pt. 2 = 353-720.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2111 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904) Garman, S. (1904). The chimaeroids (Chismopnea Raf., 1815; Holocephala Müll., 1834), especially Rhinochimaera and its allies. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 41(2): 245-272, Pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2948093#page/263/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Callorynchus elephantinus Gronow, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-vii + 1-196. [Gray's role apparently limited to seeing existing manuscript through publication; descriptions are from Gronow.]. [details]
original description (of Chimaera antarctica Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Callorrhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892) Philippi, R. A. (1892). Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoologí.</em> No. 3: 1 + 1-16 + 1, Pls. 1-6. [In Spanish. Also published in 1893 with title "Abbildung und Beschreibung einiger Chilenischer Fische..."]., available online at https://www.mnhn.gob.cl/publicaciones/anales-mnhn-algunos-peces-de-chile-1892 [details]
[request]original description (of Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822) Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. <em>Edinburgh Vol.</em> 2: 1-618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230157, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=5063 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892) Philippi, R. A. (1892). Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoologí.</em> No. 3: 1 + 1-16 + 1, Pls. 1-6. [In Spanish. Also published in 1893 with title "Abbildung und Beschreibung einiger Chilenischer Fische..."]., available online at https://www.mnhn.gob.cl/publicaciones/anales-mnhn-algunos-peces-de-chile-1892 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823) Bory de St Vincent J.B. (ed.). (1822-1831). <i>Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle</i>. 17 vols. Rey & Gravier, and Baudouin frères, Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1822]; vol. 3-4 [1823]; vol. 5-6 [1824]; vol. 7-8 [1825]; vol. 9-10 [1826] vol. 11-12 [1827]; vol. 13-14 [1828]; vol. 15 [1829]; vol. 16 [1830]; vol. 17 [1831]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/33901 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865) Duméril, A. H. A. (1865). Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale. Tome Premier. I. Elasmobranches. Plagiostomes et Holocéphales ou Chimères. v. 1: 1-720, Atlas: pp. 1-8, Pls. 1-14. [Pt. 1 = pp. 1-352, Pt. 2 = 353-720.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2111 [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904) Garman, S. (1904). The chimaeroids (Chismopnea Raf., 1815; Holocephala Müll., 1834), especially Rhinochimaera and its allies. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 41(2): 245-272, Pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2948093#page/263/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Callorynchus elephantinus Gronow, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-vii + 1-196. [Gray's role apparently limited to seeing existing manuscript through publication; descriptions are from Gronow.]. [details]
original description (of Chimaera antarctica Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Callorrhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892) Philippi, R. A. (1892). Algunos peces de Chile. Las rayas, Callorrhynchus i Orthagoriscus Chilenos. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera seccion, Zoologí.</em> No. 3: 1 + 1-16 + 1, Pls. 1-6. [In Spanish. Also published in 1893 with title "Abbildung und Beschreibung einiger Chilenischer Fische..."]., available online at https://www.mnhn.gob.cl/publicaciones/anales-mnhn-algunos-peces-de-chile-1892 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | olifantvis | [details] |
| English | plownose chimaera | [details] |
| French | masca | [details] |
| German | Elephantfisch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (111 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (160 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (160 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callorynchus callorynchus Meuschen, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callorhinchus callorynchus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus callorynchus Meuschen, 1778)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus elephantinus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhinchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 113 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9298848) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (160 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (160 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callorynchus callorynchus Meuschen, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callorhinchus callorynchus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Fleming, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus antarcticus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus elephantinus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus argenteus Philippi, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus peronii Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus smythii Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus tritoris Garman, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus callorynchus Meuschen, 1778)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus elephantinus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhinchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera antarctica Swainson, 1839)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 113 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9298848) (from synonym Callorhynchus antarctica Swainson, 1839)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
