''Gigantactis meadi'' is a species of fish in the whipnose angler (Gigantactinidae) family, first described in 1981 by

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Theodore Wells Pietsch III Theodore Wells Pietsch III (born March 6, 1945) is an American systematist and evolutionary biologist especially known for his studies of anglerfishes. Pietsch has described 72 species and 14 genera of fishes and published numerous scientific p ...

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Gigantactis ''Gigantactis'' is a genus of deep-sea fish of the family Gigantactinidae, first described in 1902 by August Brauer. The species in this genus are poorly known and found in all oceans, at depths of . The most striking feature of these fish is ex ...

'', derives from the Greek, ''gigas'' (gigantic ) and ''aktis'' (ray), describing the fish by its long dorsal-fin spine which serves as a lure. It has six dorsal soft rays and six anal soft rays. It is found in the bottom ocean waters in seas off Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Africa, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and Uruguay, at depths of 1,213 metres to 2,000 metres. In Australia it is found in waters south of

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