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Common Hatchetfish

Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

English	Common Hatchetfish
Dutch	—
Spanish	Pechito plateado de raya negra
Chinese	胸斧鱼
Scientific name	Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The common hatchetfish or river hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfish. This fish occurs in South America where it is found in the drainage basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Tocantins-Araguaia, Mearim, upper Paraguay river basins, and in the coastal drainages in Guianas. It has been recorded from Bolivia. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad.

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