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Family: Gigantactinidae Whipnose anglers



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23 species (see list below)

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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
 
Gigantactis balushkini
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Atlantic Ocean and Pacifi
Max. Length 38.4 cm SL
Gigantactis elsmani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Gigantactis elsmani
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Indo Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 41 cm TL
Gigantactis gargantua Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Gigantactis gargantua
[]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 5 cm
 
Gigantactis gibbsi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic.
Max. Length 17.9 cm
 
Gigantactis golovani
[]

Photo by Pohl, R.E.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 10.7 cm TL
Gigantactis gracilicauda Regan, 1925

Photo by Pohl, R.E.
 
Gigantactis gracilicauda
[]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 26.2 cm SL
 
Gigantactis herwigi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic.
Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Gigantactis ios
[]
No picture found
Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 25.2 cm SL
 
Gigantactis kreffti
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 11.4 cm SL
 
Gigantactis longicauda
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Atlantic and Pacific
Max. Length 22.1 cm
Gigantactis longicirra Waterman, 1939

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Gigantactis longicirra
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Atlantic Ocean and Pacifi
Max. Length 35.4 cm SL
Gigantactis macronema Regan, 1925

Photo by JAMARC
 
Gigantactis macronema
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 28.8 cm SL
 
Gigantactis meadi
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 12.7 cm SL
 
Gigantactis microdontis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic.
 
Gigantactis microphthalmus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific.
Max. Length 29.5 cm SL
 
Gigantactis paxtoni
[Paxton's whipnose]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 22.3 cm SL
 
Gigantactis perlatus
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Gigantactis savagei
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Tropical and temperate pa
Max. Length 62 cm TL
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic and West
Max. Length 9.9 cm
 
Gigantactis watermani
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Tropical and subtropical
Max. Length 12.6 cm TL
Rhynchactis leptonema Regan, 1925

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Rhynchactis leptonema
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Atlantic and Western Indi
Max. Length 13 cm SL
Rhynchactis macrothrix Bertelsen & Pietsch, 1998

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Rhynchactis macrothrix
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 11.3 cm SL
 
Rhynchactis microthrix
[]
23 Species of Family Gigantactinidae
(Whipnose anglers)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1984 Gigantactis balushkini Northwest Pacific 2.9 SL
1981 Gigantactis elsmani Atlantic Ocean and Pacifi 38.4 SL
1981 Gigantactis gargantua Indo Pacific Ocean. 41 TL
1981 Gigantactis gibbsi Atlantic Ocean 5
1981 Gigantactis golovani Eastern Atlantic. 17.9
1925 Gigantactis gracilicauda Atlantic Ocean 10.7 TL
1981 Gigantactis herwigi Atlantic Ocean. 26.2 SL
1981 Gigantactis ios Eastern Atlantic. 5.7 SL
1981 Gigantactis kreffti Southeast Atlantic 25.2 SL
2002 Gigantactis longicauda Western Central Atlantic. 11.4 SL
1939 Gigantactis longicirra Atlantic and Pacific 22.1
1925 Gigantactis macronema Atlantic Ocean and Pacifi 35.4 SL
1981 Gigantactis meadi Southeast Pacific 28.8 SL
1981 Gigantactis microdontis Pacific Ocean. 12.7 SL
1932 Gigantactis microphthalmus Western Central Atlantic.
1981 Gigantactis paxtoni Paxton's whipnose Southwest Pacific. 29.5 SL
1947 Gigantactis perlatus Pacific Ocean 22.3 SL
1981 Gigantactis savagei Pacific Ocean. 15 SL
1902 Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Tropical and temperate pa 62 TL
1981 Gigantactis watermani Eastern Atlantic and West 9.9
1925 Rhynchactis leptonema Tropical and subtropical 12.6 TL
1998 Rhynchactis macrothrix Atlantic and Western Indi 13 SL
1998 Rhynchactis microthrix Western Indian Ocean. 11.3 SL



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