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''Notocetichthys trunovi'', Trunov's southern cetomimid, is a species of fish in the family
Cetomimidae Cetomimidae is a family of small, deep-sea beryciform ray-finned fish. They are among the most deep-living fish known, with some species recorded at depths in excess of . Females are known as flabby whalefishes, Males are known as bignose fish ...
only known from the
Lazarev Sea The Lazarev Sea (, ''More Lazareva'') is a proposed name for a marginal sea of the Southern Ocean. It would be bordered by two proposals from a 2002 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) draft, a King Haakon VII Sea to the west and a ...
near
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where it is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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* Cetomimidae Monotypic ray-finned fish genera {{Cetomimiformes-stub