Gyrinomimus grahami

Gyrinomimus grahami
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Cetomimidae
Genus:	Gyrinomimus
Species:	G. grahami
Binomial name
Gyrinomimus grahami L. R. Richardson & Garrick, 1964

Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus , found in all the southern oceans. ^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 31.0 cm (12.2 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of David H. Graham, a New Zealand ichthyologist and marine biologist. ^[4]

References

1. Roa-Varón, A.; Iwamoto, T. (2019). "Gyrinomimus grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T123360888A123361138. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T123360888A123361138.en . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. Paxton, J.R. and O. Gon, 1990. Cetomimidae. p. 222-225. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gyrinomimus grahami". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order BERYCIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

• "Gyrinomimus grahami". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 18 April 2006.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN   0-00-216987-8