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Gigantactis
Brauer, 1902
(fish)
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Gigantactinidae (Family) - whipnose seadevils
..Rhynchactis (Genus)
..Gigantactis (Genus)
....Gigantactis balushkini (Species)
....Gigantactis elsmani (Species) - candle whipnose
....Gigantactis gargantua (Species)
....Gigantactis gibbsi (Species)
....Gigantactis golovani (Species)
....Gigantactis gracilicauda (Species)
....Gigantactis herwigi (Species)
....Gigantactis ios (Species)
....Gigantactis kreffti (Species)
....Gigantactis longicauda (Species)
....Gigantactis longicirra (Species)
....Gigantactis macronema (Species)
....Gigantactis meadi (Species)
....Gigantactis microdontis (Species)
....Gigantactis microphthalmus (Species)
....Gigantactis paxtoni (Species)
....Gigantactis perlatus (Species)
....Gigantactis savagei (Species)
....Gigantactis vanhoeffeni (Species)
....Gigantactis watermani (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Brauer, 1902. Zool. Anz., 25, 295.
Types
Type of
:
Gigantactinidae
(Family)
Boulenger, 1904
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 259; [<3 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Gigantactin-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 171-172, 176.
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21 Sep 2025