Cetostoma regani

Author
Zugmayer, 1914
Common Names
  • Pink Flabby Whalefish
  • Longfinned Whalefish
  • Whalefish

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Min Depth
600 meters
Max Depth
1500 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Florida to Venezuela
Habitat-Biology
  • mesopelagic
  • bathypelagic
References

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Paxton, J. R. 1989. Synopsis of the whalefishes (family Cetomimidae) with descriptions of four new genera. Records of the Austalian Museum 41: 135–206.

  • Paxton, J. R. 2002b. Cetomimidae. Pp. 1171–1173 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • Sutton, T. T., S. E. Burghart, and T. L. Hopkins. In press. The bathypelagic fish assemblage of the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science.

  • Tolley, S. G., J. V. Gartner, and T. M. Lancraft. 1989. Whalefishes (Beryciformes: Cetomimoidei) of the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 45: 671–677.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-14-2024.

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