Species Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902

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External Links

• Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, A. 1902. Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25(668): 277-298 [296].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB 17712, East of Zanzibar, Tanzania, 0 to 2500 m. [5°42'S, 43°36'E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off Mount William National Park, northeast TAS (40°S, 148°E); temperate.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 825-1100 m.

 

General References

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. [459]

 

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)