- Argyropelecus
Taxobox
name = "Argyropelecus"
fossil_range = fossilrange|55|0Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Lovely hatchetfish
"Argyropelecus aculeatus "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Stomiiformes
familia =Sternoptychidae
subfamilia =Sternoptychinae
genus = "Argyropelecus"
genus_authority = Cocco, 1829
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = See text."Argyropelecus" is a
genus of fish in the familySternoptychidae . Their large pupils are made for seeing dim objects in the depths where light barely penetrates.Species
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Lovely hatchetfish , "Argyropelecus aculeatus "
*Pacific hatchet fish , "Argyropelecus affinis "
*Giant hatchetfish , "Argyropelecus gigas "
*Half-naked hatchetfish , "Argyropelecus hemigymnus "
*Tropical hatchetfish , "Argyropelecus lychnus "
*"Argyropelecus olfersi "
*Sladen's hatchetfish , "Argyropelecus sladeni "References
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* [http://www.gma.org/fogm/Argyropelecus_aculeatus.htm Information about Argyropelecus aculeatus]
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