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).