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An elephant fish with a distinctive trunk-like snout and spotted body swims against a dark background

Elephant fish

Callorhinchus milii

On view
Into the Deep
Animal type
Fishes
Ecosystem
Deep sea
Relatives
Ghost sharks, rat fish; Order: Chimaeriformes
Diet
NA
Range
From the surface to 2,000 ft. (600 m) in the South Pacific Ocean
Size
NA

Meet the elephant fish

That “trunk” on the tip of this fish’s snout is covered in sensory pores. An elephant fish searches the seafloor and finds prey hidden in the mud.

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