''Rhamphocetichthys savagei'', Savage's bird-snouted whalefish, is a species of
flabby whalefish found at depths of around . It is the only known member of its
genus
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It was first described in 1989 by
John R. Paxton.
References
Cetomimidae
Monotypic fish genera
Taxa named by John Richard Paxton
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