Scientific Name	Gigantactis vanhoeffeni   Pronounce			by: H. C. Ho
Author	Brauer, 1902	Depth	0 - 5300M
Chinese	梵氏巨棘鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	巨棘鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F243　Gigantactinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	梵氏巨棘鮟鱇
Max Length	42 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	East of Zanzibar, 5°42'S, 43°36'E, Tanzania, Western Indian Ocean, Valdivia station 239, depth 0 to 2500 meters
Synonyms	Gigantactis exodon, Gigantactis perlatus
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Fishbase(2003)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Brauer, A. 1902 Bertelsen, E., T. W. Pietsch etc. 1981 Nakabo T. 2002 何宣慶 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0059903. ASIZP0060136. ASIZP0061798. ASIZP0061799. ASIZP0065446. ASIZP0804889. ASIZP0804890. ASIZP0914889. ASIZP0914890.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Vanhoeffen's whipnose angler
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongated and compressed; skin spinulose, darkly pigmented; eye small; illicium length less than 120%SL; escal bulb spinulose, with a elongated darkly pigmented distal prolongation, bearing distally flattened papillae and some distal and slender proximal filaments; illicium with a pair of appendages on the posterior escal base; premaxillary with single series small teeth; lower jaws with 3 series strong teeth; caudal fin rays short, unbranched, less than 45%SL; caudal fin rays not covered with skin, the fin rays are separated nearly to the bases, the fork between 4th and 5th deepest.
habitats	Marine. First dorsal spine of female highly modified into a long rod with a light organ in the tip call illicium and esca, the esca containing bacteria as luminous symbiont, its function in attracting prey. Oviparous, larvae habits in the upper, food-rich
Distribution	Widely distributed in the tropical and temperate parts of all oceans. It is rare in Taiwan occurring in th enortheastern off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.