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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