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Argyropelecus aculeatus
Valenciennes
Argyropelecus aculeatus
was originally described as
Argyropelecus aculeatus
by Valenciennes in 1850. It belongs to the family
Sternoptychidae
and subfamily
Sternoptychinae
. It is commonly known as Atlantic silver hatchetfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as Lovely hatchetfish , in USA (contiguous states) as Atlantic silver hatchetfish, in Japan as Togarimune-eso, in Papua New Guinea as Lovely hatchetfish, in South Africa as Silver Hatchetfish.
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It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Circumglobal in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas (including Hawaiian Islands).
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aculeatus
AuthorWI
Valenciennes [A.]
AuthorNI
Valenciennes
Qualification
in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Year
1850
Status
Valid
Class
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Order
Stomiiformes
Stomiiformes
Family
Sternoptychidae
Subfamily
Sternoptychinae
Sternoptychinae
Genus
Argyropelecus
Subgenus
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Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Stomiiformes
Family
Sternoptychidae
Subfamily
Sternoptychinae
Genus
Argyropelecus
Original Name
Argyropelecus
Taxon Name
aculeatus
Original Combination
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Original Genus
Argyropelecus
Original Genus Species
Argyropelecus aculeatus
OriginalSubGenus
Argyropelecus
Original Author
Valenciennes
Original AuthorWI
Valenciennes [A.]
Original Qualification
in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Original Year
1850
Original Family
Sternoptychidae
Original SubFamily
Sternoptychinae
Original Level
species
Type Locality
Azores, northeastern Atlantic.
Type Catalogue
Type catalog: Bertin 1940:314 [ref. 293].
Primary Code
Holotype (unique)
Primary Type
MNHN 0000-1817
Journal
Hist. Nat. Poiss.
Citation
v. 22
Page
406
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Qualification SS
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Original QualificationSS
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Current Subspecies AuthorWI
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Current Genus Species
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Current Species
aculeatus
Current Genus
Argyropelecus
Current AuthorWI
Valenciennes [A.]
Current AuthorNI
Valenciennes
Current Year
1850
Current Family
Sternoptychidae
Current Subfamily
Sternoptychinae
Sternoptychinae
Habitat
bathypelagic
Water
Salt water
Habitat Notes
Concentrated at 300-600 m by day and 100-300 by night. A selective dusk-time feeder mainly on conchoecid ostracods, to lesser extent on copepods, decapod larvae, fish larvae, etc. Dioecious, adult photophore developing at about 15 mm SL (Ref. 4739).
Depth Range
From 100 to 600 meters.
Distribution
Circumglobal in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas (including Hawaiian Islands).
Current Summary
Valid as
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Valenciennes 1850. Sternoptychidae: Sternoptychinae.
Name History
• Valid as
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Valenciennes 1850 -- (Baird 1973:124 [ref. 7173], Yamamoto in Okamura et al. 1982:77, 326 [ref. 8256], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:137 [ref. 14275], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:306 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:47 [ref. 6441], Baird 1986:256 [ref. 6288], Paxton et al. 1989:191 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:95 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:89 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659], Harold 1993:125 [ref. 20311], Cervigón 1996:168 [ref. 24489], Shinohara et al. 1996:161 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:31 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:33 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:429 [ref. 23897], Uiblein et al. 1999:61 [ref. 24045], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:28 [ref. 24203], Nakabo 2000:315 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:315 [ref. 26001], Harold et al. in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:185 [ref. 26158], Harold 2003:892 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:405 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:168 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:424 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:230 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Bañon et al. 2010:8 [ref. 31029], Fricke et al. 2011:356 [ref. 31242], Lima et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31116]).
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Genus Species
Authorship
Status
affinis
Argyropelecus affinis
Garman [S.] 1899
Valid
alcocki
Argyropelecus alcocki
Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896
Uncertain
amabilis
Argyropelecus amabilis
(Ogilby [J. D.] 1888)
Synonym
antrorsospinus
Argyropelecus antrorsospinus
Schultz [L. P.] 1937
Synonym
bocagei
Argyropelecus bocagei
Osório [B.] 1909
Uncertain
caninus
Argyropelecus caninus
Garman [S.] 1899
Synonym
durvillei
Argyropelecus durvillei
Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850
Synonym
elongatus
Argyropelecus elongatus
Esmark [L.] 1871
Uncertain
gigas
Argyropelecus gigas
Norman [J. R.] 1930
Valid
hawaiensis
Argyropelecus hawaiensis
Schultz [L. P.] 1961
Synonym
heathi
Argyropelecus heathi
Gilbert [C. H.] 1905
Synonym
hemigymnus
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Cocco [A.] 1829
Valid
intermedius
Argyropelecus intermedius
Clarke [F. E.] 1878
Synonym
lychnus
Argyropelecus lychnus
Garman [S.] 1899
Valid
lychnus lychnus
Argyropelecus lychnus lychnus
(Garman [S.] 1899)
Synonym
lynchus hawaiensis
Argyropelecus lynchus hawaiensis
Schultz [L. P.] 1961
Synonym
micracanthus
Argyropelecus micracanthus
Parr [A. E.] 1937
Synonym
olfersi
Argyropelecus olfersi
(Cuvier [G.] 1829)
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olfersii
Argyropelecus olfersii
(Cuvier [G.] 1829)
Valid
pacificus
Argyropelecus pacificus
Schultz [L. P.] 1961
Synonym
sladeni
Argyropelecus sladeni
Regan [C. T.] 1908
Valid
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