Sternoptychidae

Spiny hatchetfish

Polyipnus spinosus

Deep Bodied Sternoptychid Fish of the South China Sea

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Small

Spiny hatchetfish is known around Western Cental Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 8.5 cm.