Biology:Gigantactis kreffti

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Gigantactis kreffti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Gigantactinidae
Genus: Gigantactis
Species:
G. kreffti
Binomial name
Gigantactis kreffti
Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/140026489/140322898. Retrieved 14 August 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Gigantactis kreffti" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Gigantactis_kreffti. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Gigantactis kreffti" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  4. 4.0 4.1 , pp. 29, figs. 4D, 27-29 , Wikidata Q114055052
  5.  , Wikidata Q114055250

Further reading

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5302181 entry