Cetostoma

Cetostoma regani, the pink flabby whalefish, is a species of fish in the family Cetomimidae found in the ocean depths down to 2,250 metres (7,380 ft).^[2]

Cetostoma
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Cetomimidae
Genus:	Cetostoma Zugmayer, 1914
Species:	C. regani
Binomial name
Cetostoma regani Zugmayer, 1914

This species grows to a length of 24.7 centimetres (9.7 in) SL.^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943), of the Natural History Museum in London.^[4]