Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902

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Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902 .

Cosmopolitan Whipnose. To 62 cm (24.4 in) TL ( Kamikawa 2017). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan ( Bertelsen et al. 1981); Bering Sea (58°09’N, 175°36’W) ( Maslenikov et al. 2013) to Chile ( Pequeño 1989). Mesopelagic to bathypelagic; depth: taken in open nets fished at maximum depths of 300–5,300 m (984–17,388 ft) ( Bertelsen et al. 1981).