Gigantactis
| Gigantactis | |
|---|---|
| Gigantactis gargantua | |
| Gigantactis vanhoeffeni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Gigantactinidae |
| Genus: | Gigantactis A. B. Brauer, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Gigantactis vanhoeffeni A. B. Brauer, 1902 | |
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Gigantactis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gigantactinidae, the whipnose anglers. The fishes in this genus have a circumglobal distribution in the deep waters of the tropical and temperate zones of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.