Species Gigantactis elsmani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

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External Links

• Gigantactis elsmani 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 [43, figs. 4E, 41, 42].

  Type data:

   Holotype ISH 1360-1971, South Atlantic, 0-1900 m. [10°57´S, 11°20´W].
  Paratype(s) LACM 10687-1.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (33º53´S); temperate, Atlantic-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 0-3000 m.

 

General References

Anderson, M.E. & Leslie, R.W. 2001. Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 70: 1-32 [23]

McGrouther, M.A. 2001. First record of Elsman's whipnose anglerfish, Gigantactis elsmani (Lophiformes: Gigantactinidae), from Australian waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(2): 646 [646]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates & D.F. Hoese 2006. Gigantactinidae. pp. 667-668 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [668]

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. [465]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Elsman's Whipnose)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	30-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED