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| name = Giant hatchetfish |
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* {{ITIS|ID=162218|taxon=Argyropelecus gigas|year=2006|date=18 April}} |
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* {{FishBase species | genus = Argyropelecus | species = gigas | month = March | year = 2006}} |
* {{FishBase species | genus = Argyropelecus | species = gigas | month = March | year = 2006}} |
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*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 |
* 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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| Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930
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The giant hatchetfish, Argyropelecus gigas, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, except the north Pacific. Its length is between 8 and 12 cm, and it is the largest fish in its family.
The giant hatchetfish is a deep-bodied species with large eyes that are directed upwards, enabling prey to be silhouetted against the faint light coming from the surface, and a large mouth also directed upwards. The whole belly is covered in downward directed photophores, which are thought to disguise the fish's dark shape from other upward-looking predators.
This silvery coloured plankton-eating fish lives at depths of bebetween 300 and 650 m.
References
- "Argyropelecus gigas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 18 April.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (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