Tropical Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus lychnus
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 is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the deep sea hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. A collective name is "silver hatchetfishes", but this can also refer to a species of the freshwater hatchetfishes which are not particularly closely related to this. The large pupils of these marine hatchetfishes enable them to see dim objects in the deep sea, where light barely penetrates.
Argyropelecus lychnus es una especie de pez del género Argyropelecus. Descripción Cuenta con 9 radios blandos dorsales, 12 radios blandos anales, 35-37 vértebras, 10 radios branquiostegales, ausencia de espinas dorsales y anales. Cuenta con dos espinas postabdominales dirigidas ventralmente, mide aproximadamente 7 cm de longitud (2,75 pulgadas).
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionArgyropelecus, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family

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