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Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus olfersii)
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Ecological Illustration of Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus olfersii)
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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

Hatchetfish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a migratory fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Dragonfishes and Allies
Family
Sternoptychidae
Genus
Argyropelecus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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