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Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Stomiiformes
family
Sternoptychidae
genus
Argyropelecus
species
Argyropelecus hemigymnus

Name

Synonyms
Argyripnus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829)
Argyropelachus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
Argyropelecus d'urvillei Valenciennes, 1849
Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905
Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829
Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829
Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878
Argyropelecus spec Valenciennes, 1849
Homonyms
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
Common names
Axefish in English
Axefish in English
Common Hatchetfish in English
Flekket perlemorfisk in Norwegian
Hache d’argent grande queue in French
Hache d’argent grande queue in French
Half-naked hatchetfish in English
Half-naked hatchetfish in English
Half-naked hatchetfish, Hatchet-fish in English
Halfnaked Hatchetfish in English
Halvnøgen sølvøkse in Danish
Hatchet Fish in English
Hatchet fish in English
Heath's Hatchet Fish in English
Hopeahelmiäiskala in Finnish
Pez Hacha in Spanish
Pez hacha in language.
Pez hacha in Spanish
Sopateza in Albanian
Spurred hatchetfish in English
Spurred hatchetfish in English
Suðræni silfurfiskur in Icelandic
Tengammuneeso in Japanese
Topornik wylupiasty in Polish
flekka perlemorfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
flekka perlemorfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
flekket perlemorfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
flekket perlemorfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
half-naked hatchet fish in English
half-naked hatchet fish in English
half-naked hatchetfish in English
hatchet-fish in English
hatchet-fish in English
isildak baligi in Turkish
isildak baligi in Turkish
pez hacha ganchudo in Spanish
pez hacha ganchudo in Spanish
short silver hatchetfish in English
short silver hatchetfish in English
short silver hatchetfish in English
silver hatchetfish in English
silver hatchetfish in English
Πελεκόψαρο in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Πελεκόψαρο in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Быстрый (малый) топорик in Russian
Быстрый (малый) топорик in Russian
קופיצן הכסף in Hebrew
קופיצן הכסף in Hebrew
テンガンムネエソ in Japanese
テンガンムネエソ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147.
  3. Craddock & Mead 1970, Sepúlveda & Pequeño 1985, Pequeño 1989, Sielfeld & Kawaguchi 2004a y b.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  14. 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.
  15. Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
  16. 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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