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Elephantfish

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Elephantfish egg case
Elephantfish, Callorhinchus milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823)
Eleven-armed Sea Star
Eleven-armed Sea Star
Eleven-armed Sea Star pedicellariae
Eleven-armed Sea Star showing new arms
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Most have small brains, but sharks and elephantfish (freshwater fish native to Africa) have brains as large as birds and mammals relative to body size.

Elephant fish, Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cape elephantfish, Callorhinchus capensis (Duméril, 1865)
Australian ghost shark, Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
Family Chimaeridae ...

OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
Includes bonytongues, arapaimas, mooneyes, knifefishes, elephantfishes
ELOPIFORMES
tenpounders, ladyfishes, tarpons ...

Ratfish are also called elephantfish (the family Callorhynchidae) or ghost sharks. Ratfish evolved during the Devonian (about 340 million years ago).

See also: Eel, Salmon, Elephant, Coral, Wrasse