Species Gigantactis paxtoni Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Gigantactis paxtoni 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 [39, figs. 36-38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.20314–018, off Broken Bay, NSW, 0-900 m. [33°28'S, 152°33'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.20070-016; AM I.20306-007; AM I.20314-060 3 specimens; IOAN uncatalogued; ZMM P.18176 (ex IOM).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle (32ºS, 151ºE) to south of TAS (43ºS, 146ºE), and south-east of Kangaroo Island, SA (138º35´E); temperate, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 200-5000 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. [464]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	09-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED