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Giant Hatchetfish

Reference

IB1025

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Hatchetfishes - STERNOPTYCHIDAE

Common Name

Giant Hatchetfish

Scientific Name

Argyropelecus gigas

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

They grow to a maximum length of about 12 cm and have large photophores characteristically arranged in series or small groups. Some Hatchetfishes have tubular eyes that are directed upward. Hatchetfishes and Pearlsides are zooplanktivores and many species make sightly migrations towards the surface to feed.

 

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

 

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