Gigantactis kreffti

Gigantactis kreffti 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.[1][2][3][4] The specific name, kreffti, honours the ichythyologist, Gerhard Krefft.[4]

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

The species has seven soft dorsal rays and six soft anal rays,[2] and is found in the territorial waters of Australia, Japan, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and South Africa, at depths of 500 to 2,000 m.[1] In Australia, it is found in waters south of Tasmania.[3] The largest specimen measured had a standard length of 34.5 cm.[1][5]

References
  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Robertson, R.; Rivera Higueras, M.; Matson, C. (2019). "Gigantactis kreffti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T140026489A140322898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T140026489A140322898.en. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Gigantactis kreffti" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. "Australian Faunal Directory: Gigantactis kreffti". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. 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: 29, figs. 4D, 27–29. ISSN 0076-0943. Wikidata Q114055052.
  5. Theodore W. Pietsch (22 April 2009), Oceanic Anglerfishes Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea, doi:10.1525/CALIFORNIA/9780520255425.001.0001, Wikidata Q114055250

Further reading
  • Stewart, A.L. and Pietsch, T.W. 2015. Family Gigantactinidae. In: Roberts, C., Stewart, A.L. and Struthers, C.D. (eds), The Fishes of New Zealand, pp. 932–936. Te Papa Press.
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