Rhamphocetichthys savagei Paxton, 1989
Savage's birdsnouted whalefish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Cetomimidae (Flabby whalefishes)
Etymology: Rhamphocetichthys: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, ketos = marine monster, whale + Greek, ichthys = fish.
Eponymy: Dr Jay Mathers Savage (d: 1928) is an American herpetologist and educator who is known particularly for his work on the herpetofauna of Central America. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Rhamphocetichthys: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, ketos = marine monster, whale + Greek, ichthys = fish.
Eponymy: Dr Jay Mathers Savage (d: 1928) is an American herpetologist and educator who is known particularly for his work on the herpetofauna of Central America. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 2100 m (Ref. 9791). Deep-water; 25°N - 25°S
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Pacific Ocean: Coral Sea and Gulf of California. Also known from the Eastern Central Atlantic.
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17; Vertebrae: 43 - 45.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Main reference
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Paxton, J.R., 1989. Synopsis of the whalefishes (family Cetomimidae) with descriptions of four new genera. Records of the Australian Museum 41:135-206. (Ref. 9791)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
| 0 | |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈 |