Family Giganturidae - Telescopefishes
Order : Aulopiformes Giganturidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 1 | Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Large and tubular eyes, directed forward. Large mouth extending well behind the eyes. Mouth with sharp depressible teeth. Pectoral fins set high, above gill opening. No scales on body. Pelvic or adipose fins absent. Caudal fin forked; some rays in lower lobe elongated. Without premaxilla, orbitosphenoid, parietal, gill rakers, symplectic, branchiostegal rays, posttemporal, or supratemporal. Swim bladder absent. Silvery in color. Probably neotenic, i.e., retaining larval characters. Only two species according to Ref. 4537.
Etymology : Latin gigas, giganteum = being of human form, savage race in the Greek mythology, destroyed by the Gods + Greek, oura = tail ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1984
Coordinator : Nelson, J.S. 1984
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Cyclosquamata | | | | | | | Aulopiformes | Alepisauroidei | | Giganturidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Giganturidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Gigantura chuni Brauer, 1901
acceptedseniororiginal
Gigantura vorax Regan, 1925
synonymjuniororiginal
Gigantura indica Brauer, 1901
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Bathyleptus indicus (Brauer, 1901)
synonymseniornew
Rosaura indica (Brauer, 1901)
synonymseniornew
Gigantura gracilis Regan, 1924
synonymjuniororiginal
Bathyleptus gracilis (Regan, 1925)
synonymjuniornew
Rosaura rotunda Tucker, 1954
synonymjuniororiginal
Bathyleptus lisae Walters, 1961
synonymjuniororiginal
Rosaura lisae (Walters, 1961)
synonymjuniornew
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