Callorhinchus milii grow to around four feet. Elephant sharks, which occasionally get snagged in commercial fishing nets, typically live at depths of up to 650 feet.

Nature - The elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii) is a cartilaginous fish native to the temperate waters off southern Australia and New Zealand, living at depths of 200 to 500 metres and migrating ...

For the elephant shark, evolution is so 400 million years ago It's a living fossil to beat all others. The elephant shark, Callorhinchus milii (pictured), has the slowest-evolving genome of any ...

Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish Date: April 3, 2007 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: The cartilaginous elephant shark has a basal ...

The fossil, found in the town of Mukawa's Hobetsu district, is said to be the first known case in the North Pacific for a member of the genus Callorhinchus, which includes today's elephant fish.