Gigantactis meadi 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.[2][3] The genus name, Gigantactis, derives from the Greek, gigas (gigantic ) and aktis (ray), describing the fish by its long dorsal-fin spine which serves as a lure.[1]
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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. meadi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gigantactis meadi | |
It has six dorsal soft rays and six anal soft rays.[1]
It is found in the bottom ocean waters in seas off Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and Uruguay, at depths of 1,213 metres to 2,000 metres.[4] In Australia it is found in waters south of Tasmania.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gigantactis meadi". www.fishbase.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Gigantactis meadi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Bertelsen, E.; Pietsch, T.W.; Lavenberg, R. J. (1981). "Ceratioid anglerfishes of the family Gigantactinidae: morphology, systematics and distribution". Science Series. 332: 1–74. ISSN 0076-0943. Wikidata Q114055052.
- ^ Carpenter, K.E., Robertson, R., Matson, C. & Rivera Higueras, M. (2019). "Gigantactis meadi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T140026546A140322913.en. S2CID 240053341. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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Further reading edit
- Theodore W. Pietsch (22 April 2009), Oceanic Anglerfishes Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea, doi:10.1525/CALIFORNIA/9780520255425.001.0001, Wikidata Q114055250
- A. L. Stewart; T. W. Pietsch (March 1998). "The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (1): 1–37. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9517553. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54554077.
- 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.