Gigantactis herwigi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981

Gigantactis herwigi is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family whipnose seadevils. Individuals can grow to 26.2 cm.

EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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26.2 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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gulf of Mexico
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=4288
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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bathypelagic zone
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000211
- Definition: The one of an ocean below the 10degC thermocline down to a temperature of 4degC.
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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26.2 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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2000 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Gigantactis herwigi Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981. View this species on GBIF