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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
Transcontinental
Marine fish
East Asia
Deep-bodied
SmallDark hatchetfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 4.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Sternoptyx
- Maximum length
- 4.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: common in the Indian Ocean north of 15°S; reported to 30°S in the Indian Ocean east of 50°E. Also known from New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ) and west of the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559 ). Reported in Peru (Ref. 45845 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
