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Sternoptychidae
Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus olfersii
Fish Reaching Nine Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- Deep-bodied
- Small
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallHatchetfish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a migratory fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Argyropelecus
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: southern Iceland to Canary Islands and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. South Pacific: between 30°S and 50°S.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
