Gigantactis elsmani

Gigantactis elsmani (common name Elsman's whipnose) is a species of fish in the whipnose angler (Gigantactinidae) family, first described in 1981 by Erik Bertelsen, Theodore Wells Pietsch III and Robert J. Lavenberg.[2][3] It has five dorsal soft rays and four to five anal soft rays.[4]

Gigantactis elsmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Gigantactinidae
Genus: Gigantactis
Species:
G. elsmani
Binomial name
Gigantactis elsmani
Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

It is a marine oceanic fish found in the south Atlantic and south Pacific oceans and hence in the territorial waters of islands in those oceans, at depths of 0 metres to 3,000 metres.[1] In Australia it has been found in waters off the coasts of Queensland and New South Wales.[2]

References

  1. Knudsen, S. (2015). "Gigantactis elsmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60470481A60787970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60470481A60787970.en. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. "Australian Faunal Directory: Gigantactis elsmani". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. Bertelsen, E.; Pietsch, T.W.; Lavenberg, R. J. (1981). "Ceratioid anglerfishes of the family Gigantactinidae: morphology, systematics and distribution". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County science series. 332: 1โ€“74. ISSN 0076-0943. Wikidata Q114055052.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Gigantactis elsmani" in FishBase. February 2023 version.

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