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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Luzon (Ref. 86949).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pietsch, T.W., 2009
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Gigantactinidae (Whipnose anglers)
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Common names from other countries

Andon-mogura-ankô, 扁瓣大角鮟鱇, ... more

Main reference

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 22.3 cm SL (female)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 670 - 2000 m (Ref. 559)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Japan, Indonesia and Hawaii (Ref. 559); Chile (Ref. 9068). Also in the Northwest Atlantic and South Atlantic.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-7; Anal soft rays: 5 - 7. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: have extremely large distal prolongation of escal bulb, entire escal densely covered with slightly elongated papillae; length of illicium less than 120% SL (74-111%SL in specimens greater than 30mm); pair of posterior escal appendages; large dentary teeth (longest 2.2-5.9% SL), arranged in two irregular longitudinal series; rays of caudal fin less than 35% SL (Ref. 86949).

Male unknown.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (17 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Gigantactis perlatus Beebe & Crane, 1947