Species Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, E., Pietsch, T.W. & Lavenberg, R.J. 1981. Ceratioid anglerfishes of the family Gigantactinidae: morphology, systematics and distribution. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science 332: 1-74 figs 1-69 [46, figs. 1D, 4H, 45-46].

  Type data:

   Holotype LACM 6903-32, Northwestern Pacific, San Clamente basin, 0-1250 m. [32°16'N, 117°43'W].
  Paratype(s) LACM 9748-28; LACM 30415-27; LACM 30996-16; LACM 30997-2; LACM 32749-3; ZMMU P-18173 (ex IOM).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Robe, SA (37°S, 139°E); tropical, temperate, Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 500-1300 m.

 

General References

Pietsch, T.W. 2008. Gigantactinidae. pp. 388-389 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [388]

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557. [466]

 

Common Name References

Pietsch, T.W. 2008. Gigantactinidae. pp. 388-389 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [389] (Gigantic Whipnose)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LOPHIIFORMES	22-Sep-2011	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)