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Dark hatchetfish (Sternoptyx obscura)
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Ecological Illustration of Dark hatchetfish (Sternoptyx obscura)
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Sternoptychidae

Dark hatchetfish

Sternoptyx obscura

Deep Bodied Sternoptychid Fish of Indo Pacific

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small

Dark hatchetfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 4.5 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Dragonfishes and Allies
Family
Sternoptychidae
Genus
Sternoptyx
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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