Gigantactis
| Gigantactis | |
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| Gigantactis gargantua | |
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| Gigantactis vanhoeffeni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Gigantactinidae |
| Genus: | Gigantactis A. B. Brauer, 1902 |
Gigantactis is a genus of deep-sea fish of the family Gigantactinidae. The species in this genus are poorly known and found in all oceans, at depths of 1,000–2,500 metres (3,300–8,200 ft). The most striking feature of these fish is extremely enlarged first filament of dorsal fin, called the illicium, with bioluminescent photophore at its end.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Gigantactis balushkini Kharin, 1984
- Gigantactis elsmani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 (Elsman's Whipnose)
- Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 (Gigantic Whipnose)
- Gigantactis gibbsi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis golovani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis gracilicauda Regan, 1925
- Gigantactis herwigi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis ios Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis kreffti Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis longicauda Bertelsen & Pietsch, 2002
- Gigantactis longicirra Waterman, 1939
- Gigantactis macronema Regan, 1925
- Gigantactis meadi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis microdontis Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis microphthalmus Regan & Trewavas, 1932
- Gigantactis paxtoni Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 (Paxton's whipnose)
- Gigantactis perlatus Beebe & Crane, 1947
- Gigantactis savagei Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
- Gigantactis vanhoeffeni A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Cosmopolitan whipnose)
- Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gigantactis in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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