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Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Hermann, J. (1781). Schreiben an den Herausgeber über eine neues amerikanisches Fischgeschlecht, Sternoptyx diaphana, der durchsichtige Brust-Falten-Fisch. <em>Naturforscher.</em> v. 16 (art. 2): 8-36, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2).

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Stomiiformes
family
Sternoptychidae
genus
Sternoptyx
species
Sternoptyx diaphana

Name

Synonyms
Sternopteryx diaphana Hermann, 1781
Sternoptyx diaphna Hermann, 1781
Homonyms
Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781
Common names
Diaphanous hatchet fish in English
Diaphanous hatchet fish in English
Diaphanous hatchetfish in English
Dollar hatchetfish in English
Dusky hatchetfish in English
Hache d'argent diaphane in French
Hache d'argent diaphane in French
Hache d'argent diaphane in French
Hachita in Spanish
Hachita in Spanish
Lasilättäkala in Finnish
Mune-eso in Japanese
Oblique Hatchet-fish in English
Oblique Hatchetfish in English
Pez hacha luminoso in Spanish
Przezren in Polish
Transparent Hatchet-fish in English
Transparent hatchetfish in English
diaphanous hatchetfish in English
hacha transparente in Spanish
lasilättäkala in Finnish
pez hacha transparente in Spanish
pez hacha transparente in Spanish
stříbrnáč prosvítavý in Czech
transparent hatchet-fish in English
transparent hatchet-fish in English
transparent hatchetfish in English
transparent hatchetfish in English
transparent hatchetfish in English
Прозрачный топорик in Russian
Прозрачный топорик in Russian
ムネエソ in Japanese
ムネエソ in Japanese
斧魚 in Chinese
海洋斧魚 in Chinese
褶胸魚 in Chinese
銀斧 in Chinese
Diaphanous Hatchet Fish in English
Transparent Hatchet-fish in English
ムネエソ in Japanese
Diaphanous hatchet fish in English
Hache d'argent Diaphane in French
Hachita in Spanish
transparent hatchet-fish in English
transparent hatchetfish in English
Прозрачный топорик in Russian
ムネエソ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bussing 1965, Craddock & Mead 1970, Pequeño 1989, Kong & Meléndez 1991, Sielfeld et al. 1995, Castro & Landaeta 2002.
  2. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Harold, A. S. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Sternoptychidae: Hatchetfishes. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1900-1902.
  5. Hermann, J. (1781). Schreiben an den Herausgeber über eine neues amerikanisches Fischgeschlecht, Sternoptyx diaphana, der durchsichtige Brust-Falten-Fisch. <em>Naturforscher.</em> v. 16 (art. 2): 8-36, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2).
  6. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  10. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  11. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  12. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  13. Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
  14. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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