Thoracocharax

Thoracocharax

Thoracocharax securis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Chordata
Class:	Vertebrata
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Gasteropelecidae
Genus:	Thoracocharax Fowler, 1907

The genus Thoracocharax covers two species of South American fish in the family of Gasteropelecidae commonly known as "hatchetfish" due to the shape of their bodies. These fish live just under the surface of the water.

List of species

Thoracocharax securis (De Filippi, 1853) (Giant hatchetfish)
Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner, 1858) (Spotfin hatchetfish)

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Thoracocharax in FishBase. October 2011 version.

"Thoracocharax Fowler, 1907". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=163139.