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Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899 
AphiaID: 158836

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Stomiiformes (Order) > Sternoptychidae (Family) > Sternoptychinae (Subfamily) > Argyropelecus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829
Synonymised
taxa		  Argyripnus lychnus (Garman, 1899)
 Argyropelecus lychnus lychnus Garman, 1899
 Argyropelecus lynchus Garman, 1899 (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

basis of record: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [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]

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 
English silvery hatchetfish  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 
Subspecies Argyropelecus lychnus lychnus Garman, 1899 accepted as Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution FAO fishing area 67 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Copepods have been found in the food items consumed by this species  [details]

Distribution: Pacific restricted species, caught SE LaHave Bank, northwest Atlantic  [details]

Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Mesopelagic species; found to depths of 650 m.  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Reproduction: Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae  [details]
Image 
Stomiiformes - drawing
[image from synonym]
Stomiiformes - drawing
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Lewis, Mary ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158836
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899. 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=158836 on 2013-05-24
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