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Gigantactinidae
Paxton's whipnose
Gigantactis paxtoni
Twenty Nine Point Five Centimeters Gigantactinid Fish from Southwest Pacific
Paxton's whipnose is a marine fish of Southwest Pacific. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 29.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Anglerfishes
- Family
- Gigantactinidae
- Genus
- Gigantactis
- Maximum length
- 29.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

