Gigantactis kreffti

Gigantactis kreffti is a species of fish in the whipnose angler (Gigantactinidae) family, first described in 1981 by Erik Bertelsen, Theodore Wells Pietsch III and Robert J. Lavenberg. The specific name, kreffti, honours the ichythyologist, Gerhard Krefft.

The species has seven soft dorsal rays and six soft anal rays, and is found in the territorial waters of Australia, Japan, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and South Africa, at depths of 500 to 2,000 m. In Australia, it is found in waters south of Tasmania. The largest specimen measured had a standard length of 34.5 cm.