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View Mode Family Sternoptychidae Gill 1806   Family Family   Hierarchy Hierarchy   General General   Description   hatchet fishes AuthorWI   Gill [T. N.] AuthorNI   Gill Year   1806 Status   Valid Notes   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. Class   Osteichthyes Order   Stomiiformes Suborder   Gonostomatoidei Superfamily   --- Loading…