Giant hatchetfish

The giant hatchetfish (Argyropelecus gigas) or greater silver hatchetfish, is a marine fish of the genus Argyropelecus. It is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in the mesopelagic zone of tropical and subtropical waters. "Giant" in relative terms only, this is the largest species of marine hatchetfishes, often exceeding 110 millimetres (4.3 in) standard length.[1]

Giant hatchetfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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A. gigas
Binomial name
Argyropelecus gigas
Norman, 1930

References

  1. Baird, R. C. (1971). "The systematics, distribution, and zoogeography of the marine hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 142: 1–128.


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