alstonia vs Cape elephantfish

Alstonia boonei compared with Callorhinchus capensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Cape elephantfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Holocephali (Holocephali)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chimaeriformes (Chimaeriformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Callorhinchidae
Genus	Alstonia	Callorhinchus
Species	Alstonia boonei	Callorhinchus capensis

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Cape elephantfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Cape elephantfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Cape elephantfish

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Cape elephantfish

The Cape elephantfish (Callorhinchus capensis) is a species in the genus Callorhinchus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.