Marine Hatchetfishes - Family: Sternoptychidae
Subfamily: Maurolicinae
Brilliant Pearlside - Argyripnus iridescens
Constellationfish - Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
Subfamily: Sternoptychinae
Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish - Argyropelecus aculeatus
Giant Hatchetfish - Argyropelecus gigas
Half-naked Hatchetfish - Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Low-crest Hatchetfish - Argyropelecus sladeni
Elongate Hatchetfish - Polyipnus elongatus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Order: Stomiiformes (Dragonfishes and Allies)
> Family: Sternoptychidae (Marine Hatchetfishes)
> Subfamily: Maurolicinae
> Genus: Argyripnus
> Species: A. iridescens - Brilliant Pearlside
> Genus: Valenciennellus
> Species: V. tripunctulatus - Constellationfish *
> Subfamily: Sternoptychinae
> Genus: Argyropelecus (Silver Hatchetfishes)
> Species: A. aculeatus - Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish
> Species: A. gigas - Giant Hatchetfish
> Species: A. hemigymnus - Half-naked Hatchetfish ^
> Species: A. sladeni - Low-crest Hatchetfish
> Genus: Polyipnus
> Species: P. elongatus - Elongate Hatchetfish ^
^ = possibly
* = likely
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