Cape elephantfish
| Cape elephantfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Callorhinchidae |
| Genus: | Callorhinchus |
| Species: | C. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Callorhinchus capensis A. H. A. Duméril, 1865
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The Cape elephantfish (Callorhinchus capensis) is species of chimaera (a type of cartilaginous fish) in the genus Callorhinchus. It is native to the waters surrounding South Africa. It is sometimes called the St Joseph shark, though it is not a true shark.