Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 5. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: length of illicium 203-231% SL; five pairs of large distal escal filaments; 12-26 proximal filaments centered on anterior margin of escal bulb; absence of escal papillae; short dentary teeth (longest 2.5-2.6% SL), arranged posteriorly in four longitudinal series (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Gigantactinidae

Genus: Gigantactis

Species: Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

bathypelagic