Published October 19, 2021 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899

Description

Argyropelecus affinis Garman, 1899.

Slender Hatchetfish. To 9.4 cm (3.7 in) SL (Jesperson 1934). Circum-global; western Pacific Ocean north to Japan (Aizawa in Nakabo 2002); Oregon (Matarese et al. 1989) to northern Chile (Sielfeld et al. 1995). Depth: 50–2,056 m (164–6,744 ft) (min.: Eduardo et al. 2020; max.: Cruz-Acevedo et al. 2018).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

Files

Files (724 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:ac3a56cf26629bb09961bcdb1d430b93
724 Bytes Download

System files (8.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:c73706e95b05bc5ea258d73a551bbe42
8.7 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

References

  • Jesperson, P. (1934) Gonostomatidae and Sternoptychidae. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Faune Ichthyologique de l'Atlantique Nord, No. 151.
  • Nakabo, T. (Ed.). (2002) Fishes of Japan with Pictorial Keys to the Species. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.
  • Matarese, A. C., Kendall Jr., A. W., Blood, D. M. & Vintner, B. M. (1989) Laboratory guide to early life history stages of northeast Pacific fishes. NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 80.
  • Sielfeld, K. W., Vargas F, M. & Fuenzalida F, R. (1995) Peces mesopelagicos frente a la costa norte de Chile (18 ° 25 ' - 21 ° 47 ' S). Investigaciones Marinas, Valparaiso, 23, 83 - 97.
  • Eduardo, L. N., Bertrand, A, Mincarone, M. M., Santos, L., Fredou, T., Assuncao, Silva, A. C., Menard, F., Schwambornm R., Le Loc'h, F. & Fredou, F. L. (2020) Hatchetfishes (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) biodiversity, trophic ecology, vertical niche partitioning and functional roles in the western Tropical Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 187, 102389. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. pocean. 2020.102389
  • Cruz-Acevedo, E., Tolimieri, N. & Aguirre-Villasenor, H. (2018) Deep-sea fish assemblages (300 - 2100 m) in the eastern Pacific off northern Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 592, 225 - 242. https: // doi. org / 10.3354 / meps 12502