Whipnose angler
| Whipnose Angler | |
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| Preserved specimen of a Gigantactis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Suborder: | Ceratioidei |
| Family: | Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904 |
| Genera | |
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The whipnose anglers or whipnose seadevils comprise the family Gigantactinidae, marine ray-finned fishes classified within the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfishes. These fishes are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.