Onespine Hatchetfish

Polyipnus unispinus

Sternoptychid Fish from New Caledonia

Onespine Hatchetfish is a migratory fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 3.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Sternoptychidae
Genus: Polyipnus
Maximum length: 3.5 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Pacific: Java Trench, Timor, Halmahera, Sulu and Celebes seas, New Britain Trench (off the Solomon Islands), south-eastward to New Caledonia and with a few captures to the north of New Zealand. Has not been collected in the South China Sea (Ref. 26382 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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