Australian ghostshark (Callorhinchus milii)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Australian ghostshark
- Local names: Ghost shark, Elephant shark, Makorepe, Plough-nose chimaera, Elephant fish
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Callorhinchus - Callorhinchus
- Family: Callorhinchidae - Plownose chimaeras
- Order: Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
- Class: Holocephali - Chimaeras
- Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes