Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6. Length of illicium 216-240% SL; escal bulb with 8-10 distal appendages; longest rays of caudal fin 31-42% SL (Ref. 41361); have an exceptionally short dentary teeth (longest 1.1-1.6%SL); escal bulb with short distal prolongation pigmented on distal surface; escal papillae absent; proximal escal papillae absent; dentary teeth arranged posteriorly in two longitudinal series; weakly developed skin coverage of proximal part of caudal fin; caudal fin rays free nearly to base (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Gigantactinidae

Genus: Gigantactis

Species: Gigantactis microdontis Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Known from 8 specimens (Ref. 41361).

Habitat

bathypelagic