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Gigantactinidae (Whipnose anglers)
Etymology: Gigantactis: Greek, 'gigas' or 'gigantos' = gigantic + Greek, 'aktis' = ray (referring to the unusually long first dorsal-fin spine that functions as a lure in this genus) (Ref. 86949).
Eponymy: Kai L Elsman was a scientific illustrator, particularly of ichthyological and entomological subjects. The etymology says: “This species is named for the late Kai L. Elsman, whose superb illustrations have added immeasurably to this revision.” (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.5 cm SL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 5; Radios blandos anales: 4 - 5. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: have single proximal lateral pair and two distal pairs of large escal filaments and lacking distinct distal prolongation of the escal bulb; length of illicium less than 130% SL (93-126%SL); absence of escal papillae; relatively short dentary teeth (longest 3.3% DL), arranged in five or six longitudinal series; longest caudal fin rays 21-32.5% SL (Ref. 86949).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈 |