Sternoptyx

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Sternoptyx
Fossil range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Sternoptyx diaphana
Sternoptyx diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Subfamily: Sternoptychinae
Genus: Sternoptyx
Species

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Sternoptyx is a genus in Family Sternoptychidae of deep-sea hatchetfishes.

[edit] Species

  • Diaphanous hatchetfish, Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781
  • Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899
  • Highlight hatchetfish, Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971
  • Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.