Deep-Sea taxon details
Cetomimidae Goode & Bean, 1895
Cetomimiformes · unaccepted > superseded rank
Megalomycteridae · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mirapinnidae Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Ataxolepis Myers & Freihofer, 1966
- Genus Cetichthys Paxton, 1989
- Genus Cetomimoides Koefoed, 1955
- Genus Cetomimus Goode & Bean, 1895
- Genus Cetostoma Zugmayer, 1914
- Genus Danacetichthys Paxton, 1989
- Genus Ditropichthys Parr, 1934
- Genus Eutaeniophorus Bertelsen & Marshall, 1958
- Genus Gyrinomimus Parr, 1934
- Genus Parataeniophorus Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956
- Genus Procetichthys Paxton, 1989
- Genus Pelecinomimus Gilchrist, 1922 accepted as Cetomimus Goode & Bean, 1895
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1895). On Cetomimidae and Rondeletiidae, two new families of bathybial fishes from the northwestern Atlantic. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 17 (no. 1012): 451-454, Pl. 17. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cetomimidae Goode & Bean, 1895. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125460 on 2025-12-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cetomimidae Goode & Bean, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125460 on 2025-12-11
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Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1895). On Cetomimidae and Rondeletiidae, two new families of bathybial fishes from the northwestern Atlantic. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 17 (no. 1012): 451-454, Pl. 17. [details]
taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | largenose fishes [from synonym]hairyfish and tapetails or ribbonbearers [from synonym]flabby whalefishes | [details] |
| Japanese | トクビレイワシ科 [from synonym]ソコクジラウオ科 [from synonym]クジラウオ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Megalomycteridae)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mirapinnidae Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetomimidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Mirapinnidae Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956)
To Genbank (from synonym Megalomycteridae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Megalomycteridae)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mirapinnidae Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetomimidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Mirapinnidae Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956)
To Genbank (from synonym Megalomycteridae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
