Argyropelecus hemigymnus
| Argyropelecus hemigymnus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Sternoptychinae |
| Genus: | Argyropelecus |
| Species: | A. hemigymnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 | |
Argyropelecus hemigymnus, the half-naked hatchetfish, short silver hatchetfish or spurred hatchetfish, is a deep-sea hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus found in mesopelagically in all oceans. It is a small species rarely exceeding 38 millimetres (1.5 in) standard length.[1] It feeds on zooplankton, particularly ostracods and copepods.[2][3] Sexual maturation occurs at length of about 22 mm, and adult males have more developed olfactory organs than females, i.e. the species is sexually dimorphic.[4]
References
- ↑ Baird, R. C. (1971). "The systematics, distribution, and zoogeography of the marine hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 142: 1–128.
- ↑ Merrett, N. R.; Roe, H. S. J. (1974). "Patterns and selectivity in the feeding of certain mesopelagic fishes". Marine Biology 28 (2): 115. doi:10.1007/BF00396302.
- ↑ Hopkins, Thomas L.; Ronald C. Baird (1985). "Feeding ecology of four hatchetfishes (Sternoptychidae) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico". Bulletin of Marine Science 36 (2): 260–277.
- ↑ Baird, R. C.; G. Y. Jumper; E. E. Gallaher (1990). "Sexual dimorphism and demography in two species of oceanic midwater fishes (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico". Bulletin of Marine Science 47: 561–566.
External links
- "Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Argyropelecus hemigymnus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
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