WoRMS taxon details
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902
126542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126542)
accepted
Species
Gigantactis exodon Regan & Trewavas, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brauer, A. (1902). Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 25 (no. 668): 277-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904148 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan, northernmost record, reported off eastern Greenland
Distribution cosmopolitan, northernmost record, reported off eastern Greenland [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126542 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Brauer, A. (1902). Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 25 (no. 668): 277-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904148 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution cosmopolitan, northernmost record, reported off eastern Greenland [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 300- 5300 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シダアンコウ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gigantactis exodon Regan & Trewavas, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gigantactis exodon Regan & Trewavas, 1932)
To FishBase images (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni, Chinese Taipei, by Ho, H.-C.)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni USNM 385849 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gigantactis exodon Regan & Trewavas, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gigantactis exodon Regan & Trewavas, 1932)
To FishBase images (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni, Chinese Taipei, by Ho, H.-C.)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 70 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gigantactis vanhoeffeni USNM 385849 photograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
