Gigantactis kreffti
| Gigantactis kreffti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Holotype site (ISH 1099-1971: south western Atlantic[2]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Gigantactis kreffti". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Gigantactis kreffti" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ a b Bertelsen, E.; Pietsch, T.W.; Lavenberg, R. J. (1981). "Ceratioid anglerfishes of the family Gigantactinidae: morphology, systematics and distribution". Science Series. 332: 29, figs. 4D, 27–29. ISSN 0076-0943. Wikidata Q114055052.
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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.