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Cetomimus paxtoni Kobyliansky, Gordeeva & Mishin, 2023 |
| Family: | Cetomimidae (Flabby whalefishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 5.2 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; marine; depth range 2680 - 3532 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Central Atlantic | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-18; Anal soft rays: 18-18; 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). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||