Flabby whalefish
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Cetomimidae is a family of small, deep-sea beryciform ray-finned fish. They are among the most deep-living fish known, with some species recorded at depths in excess of . Females are known as flabby whalefishes, Males are known as bignose fishes, while juveniles are known as tapetails and were formerly thought to be in a separate family, dubbed Mirapinnidae. Adults exhibit extreme sexual dimorphism, and the adult males were once thought to be exemplars of still another family, Megalomycteridae.
Species
flabby whalefishes
Family
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderBeryciformes
- FamilyCetomimidae
屬 見內文 倣鯨科（學名：Cetomimidae）為輻鰭魚綱奇鯛目的一個科。原奇鰭魚科及其下3個屬真鰻口魚屬、異鰭魚屬、副鰻口魚屬已并入本科。 目录 1 分類 1.1 Ataxolepis 1.2 裂鯨口魚屬（Cetichthys） 1.3 Cetomimoides 1.4 倣鯨魚屬（Cetomimus） 1.5 擬鯨口魚屬（Cetostoma） 1.6 丹鯨口魚屬（Danacetichthys） 1.7 有耙鯨口魚屬（Ditropichthys） 1.8 真鰻口魚屬（Eutaeniophorus） 1.9 小圓鯨鯛屬（Gyrinomimus） 1.10 Megalomycter 1.11 異鰭魚屬（Mirapinna） 1.12 背裂鯨口魚屬（Notocetichthys） 1.13 副鰻口魚屬（Parataeniophorus） 1.14 晶眼鯨口魚屬（Procetichthys） 1.15 彎嘴鯨口魚屬（Rhamphocetichthys） 1.16 Vitiaziella 分類 倣鯨科下分16個屬，如下： Ataxolepis 裂鯨口魚屬（Cetichthys） 裂鯨口魚（Cetichthys indagator） 帕氏裂鯨口魚（Cetichthys parini） Cetomimoides 倣鯨魚屬（Cetomimus） 無耙倣鯨魚（Cetomimus compunctus） 克蘭倣鯨魚（Cetomimus craneae） 吉氏倣鯨魚（Cetomimus gillii） 赫氏倣鯨魚（Cetomimus hempeli） 巴哈馬群島倣鯨魚（Cetomimus kerdops） 畢氏倣鯨魚（Cetomimus picklei） 蒂氏倣鯨魚（Cetomimus teevani） 擬鯨口魚屬（Cetostoma） 擬鯨口魚（Cetostoma regani）：又稱倣鯨。 丹鯨口魚屬（Danacetichthys） 短背丹鯨口魚（Danacetichthys galathenus） 有耙鯨口魚屬（Ditropichthys） 有耙鯨口魚（Ditropichthys storeri） 真鰻口魚屬（Eutaeniophorus） 真鰻口魚屬（Eutaeniophorus） 真鰻口魚（Eutaeniophorus festivus） 小圓鯨鯛屬（Gyrinomimus） 安氏小圓鯨鯛（Gyrinomimus andriashevi） 布氏小圓鯨鯛（Gyrinomimus bruuni） 格氏小圓鯨鯛（Gyrinomimus grahami） 邁氏小圓鯨鯛（Gyrinomimus myersi）：又稱小圓鯨鯛。 （Gyrinomimus parri） Megalomycter 異鰭魚屬（Mirapinna） 異鰭魚屬（Mirapinna） 異鰭魚（Mirapinn
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Cetomimidae is a family of small, deep-sea beryciform ray-finned fish. They are among the most deep-living fish known, with some species recorded at depths in excess of . Females are known as flabby whalefishes, Males are known as bignose fishes, while juveniles are known as tapetails and were formerly thought to be in a separate family, dubbed Mirapinnidae. Adults exhibit extreme sexual dimorphism, and the adult males were once thought to be exemplars of still another family, Megalomycteridae.
Thought to have a circumglobal distribution throughout the Southern Hemisphere, Cetomimidae are the most diverse family of whalefishes. The largest species, Gyrinomimus grahami, reaches a length of some 40 cm, though most species average around 20 cm. They are distinguished from other whalefishes by their loose, scaleless skin and lack of photophores. thumb|240px|Ditropichthys storeri
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flabby whalefish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.