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Sternoptychidae
silvery hatchetfish
Argyropelecus lychnus
Sternoptychid Fish from the Pacific Ocean
- Silver
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Small
Silver
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
Smallsilvery hatchetfish is a migratory fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Argyropelecus
- Maximum length
- 7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6993 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Eastern Pacific: southern British Columbia, Canada to California, USA and farther south (Ref. 2850 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
