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Sternoptychidae
Spiny Hatchetfish
Polyipnus laternatus
Fish Reaching Four Point Four Centimeters in Chinese Seas
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- East Asia
- North America
- Deep-bodied
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallSpiny Hatchetfish is a migratory fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 4.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Polyipnus
- Maximum length
- 4.4 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico with some records in the Gulf Stream as far north as Cape Hatteras. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
