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Cetomimidae Goode & T. H. Bean, 1895 
AphiaID: 125460

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cetomimiformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cetomimiformes
Synonymised
taxa
  Mirapinnidae
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: Johnson, G. D. et al. (2009). Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformations and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families. Biology Letters 5 (2): 235–9, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0722 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English flabby whalefishes  [details]
English hairyfish and tapetails or ribbonbearers (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Ataxolepis Myers & Freihofer, 1966
Genus Cetichthys Paxton, 1989
Genus Cetomimoides
Genus Cetomimus Goode & Bean, 1895
Genus Cetostoma
Genus Danacetichthys
Genus Ditropichthys Parr, 1934
Genus Eutaeniophorus Bertelsen & Marshall, 1958
Genus Gyrinomimus Parr, 1934
Genus Megalomycter
Genus Mirapinna Bertelson & Marshall, 1956
Genus Notocetichthys Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
Genus Parataeniophorus Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956
Genus Procetichthys
Genus Rhamphocetichthys
Genus Vitiaziella

Genus Cetostomus accepted as Cetostoma
Genus Pelecinomimus accepted as Cetomimus Goode & Bean, 1895
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125460
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-18 11:49:03Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cetomimidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125460 on 2013-05-23
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