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Etymology: Gigantactis: Greek, 'gigas' or 'gigantos' = gigantic + Greek, 'aktis' = ray (referring to the unusually long first dorsal-fin spine that functions as a lure in this genus) (Ref. 86949).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien bathypelagisch; diepte 540 - 1500 m (Ref. 86949). Deep-water

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Southwest Pacific.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 58502)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 6-7; Anale zachte stralen: 5 - 6. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: have filaments on the dorsal surface of head just behind the base of the illicium; length of illicium 168-198% SL; presence of short filaments on base of illicium; escal bulb gradually tapering into a conical, spinulose darkly pigmented distal prolongation, length 12-28% SL; escal bulb and distal prolongation bearing low unpigmented papillae; short filaments present on distal prolongation, absent on base of escal bulb; absence of posterior pair of close set illicial appendage; long dentary teeth (longest tooth 3.4-7.1% SL), three or four longitudinal series in posterior part of jaw; short rays of caudal fin (27.5-35% SL) (Ref. 86949).

Bathy- and mesopelagic species (Ref. 75154).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Gigantactis paxtoni Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981