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Sternoptychidae
hatchet-fish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Sternoptychid Fish beneath the South China Sea
- Cross-climate
- Subtropical
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Small
Cross-climate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Smallhatchet-fish is a marine fish of Eastern Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 5.1 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Argyropelecus
- Maximum length
- 5.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: north of British Isles to South Africa, including western Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA to Argentina (Ref. 26340 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Eastern Pacific: throughout the California Current area, seaward of the continental shelf (Ref. 35838 ). Known from tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans (Ref. 47377 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
