Callorhynchus is a fishgenus nearly allied to the Chimaera. It inhabits the seas of the south temperate zone and has a long tail bent upwards at the extremity. Research Callorhynchus
Chimaera is a genus of cartilaginous fishes. Almost the only known species is the Chimaera monstrosa, which inhabits the northern seas, and is sometimes called King of the herrings, and, from its two pairs of large teeth, rabbit-fish. There is but one gill-opening, and the tail terminates in a point, the fish having on the whole a singular appearance. It seldom exceeds one metre in length. Research Chimaera
In Greek mythology, Bellerophon was a hero who, having accidentally killed his brother, fled to Proetus, king of Argos, whose wife, Antsea, fell in love with him. Being slighted, she instigated her husband to send him to her father Iobates, king of Lycia, with a letter urging him to put to death the insulter of his daughter. That king, not wishing to do so directly, imposed on him the dangerous task of conquering the Chimaera, which Bellerophon, mounted on Pegasus, a gift from Athena, overpowered. Iobates afterwards gave him his daughter in marriage, and shared his kingdom with him. He attempted to soar to heaven on the winged horsePegasus, but fell to the earth, where he wandered about blind, until he died. Research Bellerophon
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