Giant hatchetfish
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| Giant Hatchetfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Sternoptychinae |
| Genus: | Argyropelecus |
| Species: | A. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930 |
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The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus gigas) a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.
[edit] References
- "Argyropelecus gigas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162218. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Argyropelecus gigas" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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