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Gigantactinidae (Whipnose anglers)
Etymology: Rhynchactis: Greek, 'rhynch' = beak or snout + Greek, 'aktis' = ray (in reference to the illicium that arises near the tip of the snout) (Ref. 86949).
More on author: Regan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 300 - 600 m (Ref. 86949). Deep-water
Tropical and subtropical parts of all oceans (only records of males and larvae are known in the Indian and Pacific Ocean).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm TL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 3 - 4; Rayons mous anaux: 4. Length of illicium 143-158% SL; secondary illicial filaments absent (Ref. 86949).
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 10761).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Bertelsen, E., 1990. Gigantactinidae. p. 513-515. In J. C. Quero, J. C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 10761)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 9.5 - 11.6, mean 9.7 °C (based on 15 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).