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Gigantactis kreffti Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981 |
| 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) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||