WoRMS taxon details
Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865
221460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221460)
accepted
Species
Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted
Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Callorhinchus capensis Duméril, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221460 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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 capensis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Callorhynchus capensis 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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callorhinchus capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callorhinchus capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callorhynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Callorynchus capensis Duméril, 1865)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
