Cetomimus paxtoni

Cetomimus paxtoni Kobyliansky, Gordeeva & Mishin, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Cetomimidae (Flabby whalefishes)
Etymology: Cetomimus: Greek, ketos = a marine monster, whale + Greek, mimos, ou = imitator (Ref. 45335); paxtoni: Name 'paxtoni' in honor of a remarkable Australian ichthyologist, J.R. Paxton, for his contributions to the study of fishes of the family Cetomimidae.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic; depth range 2680 - 3532 m (Ref. 137815). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Anal soft rays: 18; Vertebrae: 42 - 48. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 31/2 gill arches (withsmall slit behind the third gill arch); with cavernous tissue around the anus and above the bases of the first to sixth rays of the anal fin; absence of cavernous tissue in other parts of the body; presence of large pores of the lateral line canal, which are approximately as wide as this canal; absence of large valve-like triangular outgrowths along the margin of septa between the pores in the posterior part of the lateral line; with 42-48 vertebrae; with 20, 17-18, and 18 rays in the pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins, respectively; with 17-18 pores in the lateral line canal between the vertical of the upper margin of the gill cover and the end of the caudal peduncle; with a low body, the maximum depth of which is 15-16% SL; with a relatively narrow and long caudal peduncle, the height of which is about two times its width; with a medium-sized head 30-31% SL; and with a snout widely rounded in dorsal view and with an eye diameter and maxilla length of 6 and 84-87% of head length, respectively (Ref. 137815).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Kobyliansky, S.G., N.V. Gordeeva and A.V. Mishin, 2023. A New Whalefish Species of the Genus Cetomimus (Cetomimidae) from the Tropical Part of the Central Atlantic. J. Ichthyol. 63(3):395-407. (Ref. 137815)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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