Rhamphocetichthys

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{speciesbox | name = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Paxton, J.R. |year=2010 |errata=2017 |title=''Rhamphocetichthys savagei'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T155232A115289566 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155232A4752833.en |access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref> | image = | image_caption = | parent_authority = Paxton, 1989 | taxon = Rhamphocetichthys savagei | authority = Paxton, 1989 }}

'''''Rhamphocetichthys savagei''''', '''Savage's bird-snouted whalefish''', is a species of flabby whalefish found at depths of around {{convert|2100|m|ft}}. It is the only known member of its genus.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase |genus= Rhamphocetichthys|species= savagei| month = August | year = 2012}}</ref>

It was first described in 1989 by John R. Paxton.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q56044990}}</ref>

==Etymology== The fish is named in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage, of the University of Southern California.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cetomimidae/ | title = Family CETOMIMIDAE Goode & Bean 1895 (Whalefishes) | access-date= 10 October 2025 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Cetomimidae Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Taxa named by John Richard Paxton