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Shortspine Hatchetfish
SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Other fish (coast and sea)

Shortspine Hatchetfish

Polyipnus asteroides Schultz, 1938

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishShortspine Hatchetfish
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese似星烛光鱼
Scientific namePolyipnus asteroides Schultz, 1938

About this species

Polyipnus asteroides, commonly known as the shortspine tenplate, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Sternoptychidae. It occurs in deep water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Maine southward to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It occurs to a depth of about 500 metres (1,600 ft).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderStomiiformes
FamilySternoptychidae
GenusPolyipnus

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