Image: Lure of a female Elsman's Whipnose

Lure of a female Elsman's Whipnose trawled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, New South Wales, April 1989 (AMS I.28742-001).

Photographer:

Carl Bento

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Elsman's Whipnose

Scientific name:

Gigantactis elsmani

Family:

Gigantactinidae

Order:

Lophiiformes

Last Updated: 2 February 2010

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Gigantactis elsmani, Elsman's Whipnose,