Argyropelecus

Taxobox
name = "Argyropelecus"
fossil_range = fossilrange|55|0
Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Lovely hatchetfish
"Argyropelecus aculeatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Stomiiformes
familia = Sternoptychidae
subfamilia = Sternoptychinae
genus = "Argyropelecus"
genus_authority = Cocco, 1829
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Argyropelecus" is a genus of fish in the family Sternoptychidae. Their large pupils are made for seeing dim objects in the depths where light barely penetrates.

Species

* Lovely hatchetfish, "Argyropelecus aculeatus"
* Pacific hatchet fish, "Argyropelecus affinis"
* Giant hatchetfish, "Argyropelecus gigas"
* Half-naked hatchetfish, "Argyropelecus hemigymnus"
* Tropical hatchetfish, "Argyropelecus lychnus"
*"Argyropelecus olfersi"
* Sladen's hatchetfish, "Argyropelecus sladeni"

References

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* [http://www.gma.org/fogm/Argyropelecus_aculeatus.htm Information about Argyropelecus aculeatus]