# Rhamphocetichthys

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| 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 = 
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| parent_authority = [Paxton](/source/John_Richard_Paxton), 1989
| taxon = Rhamphocetichthys savagei
| authority = [Paxton](/source/John_Richard_Paxton), 1989
}}

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

It was first described in 1989 by [John R. Paxton](/source/John_Paxton_(ichthyologist)).<ref>{{Cite Q|Q56044990}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The fish is named in honor of American herpetologist [Jay M. Savage](/source/Jay_M._Savage), of the [University of Southern California](/source/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==
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Category:Cetomimidae
Category:Monotypic fish genera
Category:Taxa named by John Richard Paxton

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