| Family: |
Gigantactinidae (Whipnose anglers) |
| Max. size: |
25.2 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2000 m |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Atlantic: off Cape Town, South Africa. Northwest Pacific: Japan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 6-6. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: length of illicium less than 120% SL; distal escal prolongation with spinules at base and several unpigmented, digitiform filaments on lateral margins; absence of escal papillae; posteromedial papilla at base of escal bulb and second on illicium below bulb; absence of proximal escal filaments; dentary teeth relatively long (longest 2.6-5.2% SL), in four or five longitudinal series; rays of caudal fin less than 30% SL (Ref. 86949). |
| Biology: |
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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