Trunov southern cetomimid
Notocetichthys trunovi Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Notocetichthys trunovi, Trunov's southern cetomimid, is a species of fish in the family Cetomimidae only known from the Lazarev Sea near Antarctica where it is found at depths of from 1,210 to 1,360 metres (3,970 to 4,460 ft). This species grows to a length of 10.9 centimetres (4.3 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
Wikipedia contributors, Notocetichthys; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:26:59.107178+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Notocetichthys trunovi Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
- Name authority
- Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
- Common name
- Trunov southern cetomimid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Cetomimidae
- Genus
- Notocetichthys
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBeryciformes
- suborderStephanoberycoidei
- familyCetomimidae Goode & Bean, 1895
- genusNotocetichthys Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
- speciesNotocetichthys trunovi Balushkin, Fedorov & Paxton, 1989
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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.
- Balushkin, A. V., Fedorov, V. V., & Paxton, J. R. (1989). A new genus and species of cetomimid fish, Notocetichthys trunovi gen. et sp. nov. (Cetomimidae) from the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica. Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 29 (4): 155–157. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 25 (4):152–155.]. 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:74BQ7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.