| Giant Hatchetfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Sternoptychinae |
| Genus: | Argyropelecus |
| Species: | A. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930 |
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The Giant Hatchetfish or Greater Silver Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus gigas) a marine hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus, is found in every ocean except the north Pacific in deep tropical and subtropical waters.