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Sternoptychidae
Omphus Hatchetfish
Polyipnus omphus
Five Point Six Centimeters Sternoptychid Fish from the Indian Ocean
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallPolyipnus omphus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Polyipnus. It is found in the Western and Central Pacific and lives below 200 m.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Polyipnus
- Maximum length
- 5.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean. Western and Central Pacific: including Indonesia. There are no records from the central or eastern Indian Ocean and parts of the western Pacific.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
