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Sternoptychidae
Soela hatchetfish
Polyipnus soelae
Sternoptychid Fish from Australian Waters
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Small
Regional distribution
Marine fish
SmallSoela hatchetfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a migratory fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Polyipnus
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: northwest coast of Australia and in Timor, western Arafura, Celebes, and Madura seas of Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
