| Gigantactis | |
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| Gigantactis gargantua | |
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| Gigantactis vanhoeffeni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Gigantactinidae |
| Genus: | Gigantactis A. B. Brauer, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gigantactis vanhoeffeni A. B. Brauer, 1902
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gigantactis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gigantactinidae, the whipnose anglers. The fishes in this genus have a circumglobal distribution in the deep waters of the tropical and temperate zones of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Brauer, 1902was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Froese, R., Pauly, D. (2018). Bailly N (ed.). "Gigantactis Brauer, 1902". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 April 2018.