Family

Family ID 461
Family

Sternoptychidae

Status Valid
Common Name hatchet fishes
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
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Nelson# 168
is Fresh N
is Brack N
is Salt Y
Sort 1710
Author Gill
FamilyAuthor Gill
Family Author Date Gill 1863
Year 1863
Author with Initials Gill T. N.
Family Description Body elongate, greatest depth 3.2-7.7 in standart length; body compressed laterally (not extremely); dorsal blade and postabdominal (iliac) spines absent; abdominal keel absent or faintly developed; anal fin rays 19-38. Subfamily includes 30 species and 7 genera.
Author Notes Professor Theodore Nicholas Gill 1837-1914 (Master of Arts, Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philsophy & Doctor of Laws
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