Gyrinomimus johnpaxtoni Su, Paxton & Ho, 2026
Paxton’s flabby whalefish
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Gyrinomimus johnpaxtoni
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Cetomimidae (Flabby whalefishes)
Etymology: Gyrinomimus: Greek, gyrinos = tadpole + Latin, mimus = imitator (Ref. 45335); johnpaxtoni: Name 'johnpaxtoni' in honor of late Dr. John R. Paxton, Australian Museum, for his great contributions to our knowledge of cetomimids, and establishing the foundation of this study.
Etymology: Gyrinomimus: Greek, gyrinos = tadpole + Latin, mimus = imitator (Ref. 45335); johnpaxtoni: Name 'johnpaxtoni' in honor of late Dr. John R. Paxton, Australian Museum, for his great contributions to our knowledge of cetomimids, and establishing the foundation of this study.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic. Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Pacific and Atlantic: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Caledonia, USA, Mexico, Namibia.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 56. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: absence of distinct spines on the dorsal and ventral arms of the lateral-line scales that protrude from skin; presence of cavernous tissue around anus and extending to base of anal-fin rays 6-21; filaments on fourth gill arch well developed, its length 50.0-92.1% filament on first arch; anal lappets 4-9with the last over base of anal-fin ray 8-15 and with scales; vertebrae 35-38 + 18-20 = 54-58; GRIII 0 + 1 + 1; dorsal-fin rays 19-21; anal-fin rays 18-21; lateral-line pores 19-25; lateral-line scales 18-24; and copular tooth plate moderately long and broad, greatest width 2.5-3.1 in length (Ref. 138879).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Main reference
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Su, Y., J.R. Paxton and H.-C. Ho, 2026. Four new species of the whalefish genus Gyrinomimus Parr, 1934, with the establishment of three new species groups (Beryciformes, Cetomimidae). ZooKeys 1279: 57-95. (Ref. 138879)
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 | National databases | 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 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |