Author: Duméril, 1865
FBname: Cape elephantfish
Remark: Needs revision.
Comments: Found from close inshore and shallow bays to the slope (Ref. 5578).  Feeds on small fish and a wide variety of invertebrates (Ref. 27121).  Oviparous (Ref. 50449).  Produces egg-cases that are spindle shaped, with broad horizontal flanges (Ref. 36731). This species is known to host on its gills monogenean parasites <i>Callorhynchocotyle callorhynchi</i> (Manter, 1955) (Hexabothriidae) and <i>Callorhynchicola multitesticulatus</i> Manter, 1955 (Chimaericolidae) on its gills (Ref. 124045, 124046). Sold commercially as 'silver trumpeter' (Ref. 3180) and considered a delicacy in southern Africa (Ref. 27121). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 7403.