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Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 |
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photo by
Ho, H.-C. |
| Family: | Gigantactinidae (Whipnose anglers) | |||
| Max. size: | 41 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 500 - 1535 m | |||
| Distribution: | Indo Pacific Ocean. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: length of illicium 134-354% SL; four or five pairs of large, distal escal filaments; 30-50 proximal filaments centered on an anterior margin of escal bulb; absence of escal papillae; relatively short dentary teeth (longest 2.3% SL), arranged posteriorly on four longitudinal series; second and seventh caudal fin rays extremely long (30-47 and 54-76% SL respectively); males unknown (Ref. 86949). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||