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Gyrinomimus andriashevi Fedorov, Balushkin & Trunov, 1987

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gyrinomimus andriashevi Fedorov, Balushkin & Trunov, 1987
Name authority
Fedorov, Balushkin & Trunov, 1987
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Beryciformes
Family
Cetomimidae
Genus
Gyrinomimus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderBeryciformes
  11. suborderStephanoberycoidei
  12. familyCetomimidae Goode & Bean, 1895
  13. genusGyrinomimus Parr, 1934
  14. speciesGyrinomimus andriashevi Fedorov, Balushkin & Trunov, 1987

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gyrinomimus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gyrinomimus bruuni Rofen, 1959CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
flabby whalefishGyrinomimus grahami Richardson & Garrick, 1964CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gyrinomimus johnpaxtoni Su, Paxton & Ho, 2026CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gyrinomimus alepis Su, Paxton & Ho, 2026CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gyrinomimus amaokai Su, Paxton & Ho, 2026CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gyrinomimus johnsoni Su, Paxton & Ho, 2026CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gyrinomimus parri Bigelow, 1961CetomimidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 21 records assigned to Cetomimidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Fedorov, V. V., Balushkin, A. V., & Trunov, I. A. (1987). A new whale-fish species, Gyrinomimus andriashevi, sp. nov. (Osteichthyes: Cetomimidae) from the Lazarev Sea (Antarctic). Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 27 (1): 12–18. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 27 (no. 1):47–54.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3HYSB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.