Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6. Length of illicium 165-273% SL; distal prolongation of esca tapering to a point, bearing 10-18 long, unpaired distal appendages (Ref. 41361); escal papillae absent; proximal escal papillae absent; short dentary teeth (longest 1.7-2.1% SL), arranged posteriorly in two or three longitudinal series; length of caudal fin rays less than 35% SL; 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 savagei Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Known from 6 specimens (Ref. 41361).

Habitat

bathypelagic