Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae Marine hatchetfishes
Subfamily: Sternoptychinae
Genus: Argyropelecus

(See list of species below)

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7 species (see list below)

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Photo by Orlov, A.

Argyropelecus aculeatus
[Lovely hatchetfish]

Photo by JAMARC

Argyropelecus affinis
[Pacific hatchet fish]

Photo by Dolgov, A.

Argyropelecus gigas
[Hatchetfish]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Argyropelecus hemigymnus
[Half-naked hatchetfish]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Argyropelecus lychnus
[Tropical hatchetfish]

Photo by Dolgov, A.

Argyropelecus olfersii
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Photo by JAMARC

Argyropelecus sladeni
[Sladen's hatchet fish]

7 Species of Family Sternoptychidae with Genus Argyropelecus
(Marine hatchetfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1850	Argyropelecus aculeatus	Lovely hatchetfish	Eastern Atlantic	8.3 SL
1899	Argyropelecus affinis	Pacific hatchet fish	Eastern Atlantic	8.4 SL
1930	Argyropelecus gigas	Hatchetfish	Eastern Atlantic	12 SL
1829	Argyropelecus hemigymnus	Half-naked hatchetfish	Eastern Atlantic	5.1 TL
1899	Argyropelecus lychnus	Tropical hatchetfish	Western Pacific	5.9 TL
1829	Argyropelecus olfersii		Eastern Atlantic	9 TL
1908	Argyropelecus sladeni	Sladen's hatchet fish	Atlantic, Indian and Paci	7 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: StomiiformesFamily: Sternoptychidae Marine hatchetfishesSubfamily: SternoptychinaeGenus: Argyropelecus(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae Marine hatchetfishes
Subfamily: Sternoptychinae
Genus: Argyropelecus

(See list of species below)