Image: Teeth of a female Elsman's Whipnose

Teeth of a female Elsman's Whipnose

Head of a female Elsman's Whipnose. Note the lure originating on the tip of the snout, the needle-like teeth and the tiny eye (white spot).

Photographer:
Stuart Humphries
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Elsman's Whipnose
Scientific name:
Gigantactis elsmani
Family:
Gigantactinidae
Order:
Lophiiformes

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