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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 
AphiaID: 127309

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStomiiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSternoptychinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus Cocco, 1829
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyripnus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelachus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArgyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878
Sources  basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorshort silver hatchetfishUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorhatchet-fish  [details]
Hebrew Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorקופיצן הכסף  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorΠελεκόψαρο  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorflekket perlemorfisk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorflekka perlemorfisk  [details]
Turkish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorisildak baligi  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGreek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIsraeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet Feeds on copepods and small fishes  [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Grand Bank, into the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 250- 650 m.  [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Mesopelagic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat nektonic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Epipelagic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPredators Whiting [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction Spawns more than once per season, oviparous with planktonic eggs  [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127309
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127309 on 2014-07-29
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