Gigantactis vanhoeffeni | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Gigantactinidae |
Genus: | Gigantactis |
Species: | G. vanhoeffeni
|
Binomial name | |
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902
| |
Synonyms[2] | |
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gigantactinidae, the whipnose anglers. This species has a circumglobal distribution in the deeper waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.