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Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 127310

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Stomiiformes (Order) > Sternoptychidae (Family) > Sternoptychinae (Subfamily) > Argyropelecus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (misspelling)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829)
Rank Species
Parent Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Danish olfers sølvøkse  [details]
Swedish pärlemorfisk  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes  [details]

Distribution: southern Iceland to Canary Is. and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. South Pacific: between 30°S and 50°S. [details]

Habitat: oceanic, mesopelagic with adults and juveniles at 200-800 m by day and 100 (sometimes shallower)-600 m by night [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]
Images 
Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829)
Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829)
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
qualitystatus: not checked

Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829)
Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829)
added on 2006-08-21 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127310
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argyropelecus olfersi (Cuvier, 1829). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127310 on 2013-05-25
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