Cetichthys indagator

Cetichthys indagator
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Cetomimidae
Genus:	Cetichthys
Species:	C. indagator
Binomial name
Cetichthys indagator Rofen, 1959

Cetichthys indagator is a species of flabby whalefish in the family Cetomimidae and was first described in 1959 by Robert Rees Harry-Rofen as Cetomimus indagator ^[2] In 1989, it was transferred to the genus, Cetichthys by John R. Paxton. ^[3]

This pelagic fish has been found at depths of 1500 - 3620 m ^{[2] [4]} in the Atlantic, the Indian and Pacific oceans at latitudes of 30 to 40 degrees south. ^[2]

References

1. Roa-Varón, A. & Iwamoto, T. (2019). "Cetichthys indagator. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T67963784A1299" . Retrieved 2023-12-23.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cetichthys indagator". FishBase . December 2023 version.
3. John R. Paxton (22 September 1989). "Synopsis of the whalefishes (family Cetomimidae) with descriptions of four new genera" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 41 (2): 135–206. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.41.1989.141. ISSN   0067-1975. Wikidata   Q56044990.
4. Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Bray, 1986. Cetomimidae. p. 433-434. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.