Life under the blue water
Only 29 percent of the world surface is land. The rest is ocean, home to the marine lifeforms. This blog is about Life under the blue water (Sea).
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Elephant Shark | Australian ghostshark
The Australian
ghostshark, Callorhinchus milii, is a cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)
belonging to the subclass Holocephali (chimaera). Sharks, rays and skates are
the other members of the cartilaginous fish group and are grouped under the
subclass Elasmobranchii. Alternative names include elephant shark, makorepe (in
Māori), whitefish, plownose chimaera, or elephant fish. It is found off
southern Australia, including Tasmania, and south of East Cape and Kaipara
Harbour in New Zealand, at depths of 0 – 200 m.
Information Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_ghostshark
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