Elephantfish

Marine fish with cartilaginous skeleton. Silver in color, and often have irregular dark blotches on the sides and fins. They have a distinctive flexible, trunk-like projection at the tip of the snout. This “trunk” has earned them the name elephant fishes or elephant sharks despite the fact that they neither true fish nor shark. This is a type of chimaera, a cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays. Other characteristics include an elongate body, presence of an anal fin, an arched caudal fin, very large pectoral fins, and two widely spaced dorsal fins. The first fin has a serrated spine at its front, and the second is relatively tall with a short base compared to other chimaera species.