Gigantactis Elsmani
📖 Overview
Overview information for Gigantactis Elsmani is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: have single proximal lateral pair and two distal pairs of large escal filaments and lacking distinct distal prolongation of the escal bulb; length of illicium less than 130% SL (93-126%SL); absence of escal papillae; relatively short dentary teeth (longest 3.3% DL), arranged in five or six longitudinal series; longest caudal fin rays 21-32.5% SL .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Gigantactis Elsmani is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Gigantactis Elsmani is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Gigantactis Elsmani is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 3000 m . Deep-water Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 4 records indexed .
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