Half-naked Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
Argyropelecus est un genre de poissons de mer actinoptérygiens, de la famille des Sternoptychidae. Description Répartition Ce genre est présent dans tous les océans. Taxinomie Le nom valide complet (avec auteur) de ce taxon est Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829.
Argyropelecus hemigymnus, the half-naked hatchetfish, short silver hatchetfish or spurred hatchetfish, is a deep-sea hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus found mesopelagically in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a small species rarely exceeding 38 millimetres (1. 5 in) standard length.
El pez hacha ganchudo (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) es una especie de pez estomiforme de la familia Sternoptychidae. No se reconocen subespecies. Se encuentra en aguas tropicales y subtropicales de todos los océanos, así como en el mar Mediterráneo.
Distribution
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