135: CETOMIMIDAE (WHALEFISHES)
with minute teeth, 3+9-10 on 1st arch. No lappets over A; small amount of
cavernous tissue at A origin, none elsewhere.
Colour dark brown. Only known specimen, 118 mm SL,
trawled in 3 620 m.
135.2 Cetomimus pick/ei
(Gilchrist, 1922)
Pelecinomimus picklei Gilchrist, 1922: 56, PI. 9, Fig. 1 (off Cape Town
in 1014 fms); Smith, 1935: 180; Maul, 1964: 8. Cetomimus picklei: Smith,
SFSA No. 209*.
D 16; A 16; vertebrae 56. No GR; several rows of minute teeth along 1st
gill arch. No lappets over A; cavernous tissue from 1st to 6th A ray; none
elsewhere.
Colour dark brown. The data given above are from a reexamination of the 56 mm SL holotype and only known
specimen.
135.2 Cetomimus pick/ei: 7 em holotype (photo by John Fields).
Family No. 136: RONDELETIIDAE
by J.R. Paxton & D.J. Bray
Redmouth whalefishes
Rooibek-walvis-visse
Small, orange-brown, mid water fishes. No scales;
lateralis system of vertical rows of papillae on body. Mouth
moderate and terminal, extending to under eye. Abdominal ribs present. No fin spines; pelvic fins abdominal, with
5-6 rays. Vertebrae 24-27. Belly not highly distensible.
One genus with 2 species. Family synopsis by Paxton
(1974).
Genus Rondeletia Goode & Bean, 1896
Two species; 1 in our area.
136.1 Ronde/etia /oricata
Abe & Hotta, 1963
Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963: 43, PI. 11, Figs. 1-7, PI. 12, Figs.
8-9 (off Kesen-numa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan); Paxton, 1974: 177*;
434
Shcherbachev et aI., 1978: 188. Rondeletia bicolor (non Goode & Bean):
Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283.
D 13-16; A 13-16; P 9-11; GR (4-6)+(14-15); vertical rows of LL papillae 14-19. No bony hook over orbit; supratemporal and cleithrum with
large posterior bony extensions. Snout to A 77-82% SL.
Attains 11 cm. Three specimens taken off our south coast
in 500 - 1 130 m. Uncommon; Atlantic, Indian and Pacific
oceans.
136.1 Ronde/etia /oricata: 8.5 em SL (off California; after Larson).
Family No. 137: BARBOURISIIDAE
by J.R. Paxton & D.J. Bray
Red whalefish
Rooi walvis-vis
Moderate-sized, reddish-orange pelagic fishes. Scales
minute, embedded, with small central spine, covering head
and body. Lateralis system a broad tube with small pores.
Mouth large and terminal, jaws extending far behind small
eye. No fin spines; pelvic fins abdominal, with 6 rays. Belly
moderately distensible. Vertebrae 40-43; abdominal ribs
present.
A single genus with 1 species.
137.1 Barbourisia ruta
Parr, 1945
PLATE 18
Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945: 128, PI. 1 (Gulf of Mexico) ; Rofen,1959:
259*; Talbot, 1960: 257; Smith, 1961: 566, No. 208a*; Trunov, 1968: 135*;
Penrith, 1969: 67; Parin & Golovan, 1976: 265; Shcherbachev et aI., 1978:
188.
D 19-22; A 15-18; P 13-14; GR (5-6)+(14-16); LL pores 28-33.
Attains 33 cm. Occasionally trawled off west coast in 550 -
1 500 m. Rare; Atlantic Ocean between 56°N and 35°S,
Indian Ocean between 5 0 S and 12°S and Pacific Ocean
between 45°N and 22°S.
137.1 Barbourisia rufa: 21 em (Madagascar; after Roten, 1959).
with minute teeth, 3+9-10 on 1st arch. No lappets over A; small amount of
cavernous tissue at A origin, none elsewhere.
Colour dark brown. Only known specimen, 118 mm SL,
trawled in 3 620 m.
135.2 Cetomimus pick/ei
(Gilchrist, 1922)
Pelecinomimus picklei Gilchrist, 1922: 56, PI. 9, Fig. 1 (off Cape Town
in 1014 fms); Smith, 1935: 180; Maul, 1964: 8. Cetomimus picklei: Smith,
SFSA No. 209*.
D 16; A 16; vertebrae 56. No GR; several rows of minute teeth along 1st
gill arch. No lappets over A; cavernous tissue from 1st to 6th A ray; none
elsewhere.
Colour dark brown. The data given above are from a reexamination of the 56 mm SL holotype and only known
specimen.
135.2 Cetomimus pick/ei: 7 em holotype (photo by John Fields).
Family No. 136: RONDELETIIDAE
by J.R. Paxton & D.J. Bray
Redmouth whalefishes
Rooibek-walvis-visse
Small, orange-brown, mid water fishes. No scales;
lateralis system of vertical rows of papillae on body. Mouth
moderate and terminal, extending to under eye. Abdominal ribs present. No fin spines; pelvic fins abdominal, with
5-6 rays. Vertebrae 24-27. Belly not highly distensible.
One genus with 2 species. Family synopsis by Paxton
(1974).
Genus Rondeletia Goode & Bean, 1896
Two species; 1 in our area.
136.1 Ronde/etia /oricata
Abe & Hotta, 1963
Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963: 43, PI. 11, Figs. 1-7, PI. 12, Figs.
8-9 (off Kesen-numa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan); Paxton, 1974: 177*;
434
Shcherbachev et aI., 1978: 188. Rondeletia bicolor (non Goode & Bean):
Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283.
D 13-16; A 13-16; P 9-11; GR (4-6)+(14-15); vertical rows of LL papillae 14-19. No bony hook over orbit; supratemporal and cleithrum with
large posterior bony extensions. Snout to A 77-82% SL.
Attains 11 cm. Three specimens taken off our south coast
in 500 - 1 130 m. Uncommon; Atlantic, Indian and Pacific
oceans.
136.1 Ronde/etia /oricata: 8.5 em SL (off California; after Larson).
Family No. 137: BARBOURISIIDAE
by J.R. Paxton & D.J. Bray
Red whalefish
Rooi walvis-vis
Moderate-sized, reddish-orange pelagic fishes. Scales
minute, embedded, with small central spine, covering head
and body. Lateralis system a broad tube with small pores.
Mouth large and terminal, jaws extending far behind small
eye. No fin spines; pelvic fins abdominal, with 6 rays. Belly
moderately distensible. Vertebrae 40-43; abdominal ribs
present.
A single genus with 1 species.
137.1 Barbourisia ruta
Parr, 1945
PLATE 18
Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945: 128, PI. 1 (Gulf of Mexico) ; Rofen,1959:
259*; Talbot, 1960: 257; Smith, 1961: 566, No. 208a*; Trunov, 1968: 135*;
Penrith, 1969: 67; Parin & Golovan, 1976: 265; Shcherbachev et aI., 1978:
188.
D 19-22; A 15-18; P 13-14; GR (5-6)+(14-16); LL pores 28-33.
Attains 33 cm. Occasionally trawled off west coast in 550 -
1 500 m. Rare; Atlantic Ocean between 56°N and 35°S,
Indian Ocean between 5 0 S and 12°S and Pacific Ocean
between 45°N and 22°S.
137.1 Barbourisia rufa: 21 em (Madagascar; after Roten, 1959).