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: |
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IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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