Gigantactis paxtoni

Gigantactis paxtoni (common name: Paxton's whipnose) 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 species epithet, paxtoni, honours John Paxton of the Australian Museum.

The species is known from 18 females, most of which were caught off New Zealand and the south-east coast of Australia at depths of 540-1500 m. It differs from other  species in this genus by having filaments on the dorsal surface of the head just behind the base of the illicium (the long filament looking like an angler's line and lure) and by its body shape, and large teeth.