Gigantactis kreffti | |
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Gigantactinidae |
Genus: | Gigantactis |
Species: | G. kreffti
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Binomial name | |
Gigantactis kreffti Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
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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][3][2][4] The specific name, kreffti, honours the ichythyologist, Gerhard Krefft.[4]
The species has seven soft dorsal rays and six soft anal rays,[3] 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.[2] The largest specimen measured had a standard length of 34.5 cm.[1][5]