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Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons, Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.].

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Agryropelecus amabilis Ogilby, 1888
Argryopelecus antrorsospinus Shultz, 1937
Argryopelecus caninus Garman, 1899
Argryopelecus micracanthus Parr, 1937
Argyropelachus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
Argyropelachus amabilis (Ogilby, 1888)
Argyropelecus amabilis (Ogilby, 1888)
Argyropelecus antrorsospinus Schultz, 1937
Argyropelecus caninus Garman, 1899
Argyropelecus micracanthus Parr, 1937
Sternoptychides amabilis Ogilby, 1888
Homonyms
Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850
Common names
Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish in English
Atlantic silver hatchetfish in English
Atlantic silver hatchetfish in English
Atlantic silver hatchetfish in English
Atlantic silver hatchetfish in English
Atlantinhelmiäiskala in Finnish
Hache d'argent a epines in French
Hache d'argent à épines in French
Hache d'argent à épines in French
Hatchet fish in English
Hatchet fish in English
Lovely Hatchet-fish in English
Lovely hatchetfish in English
Lovely hatchetfish in English
Lovely hatchetfish in English
Pez Hacha in Spanish
Pez hacha in language.
Pigghalet perlemorfisk in Norwegian
Silver hatchetfish in English
Spids sølvøkse in Danish
Taggig pärlemorfisk in Swedish
Tiefsee-Beilbauchfish in French
Togarimuneeso in Japanese
etelänlättäkala in Finnish
hache d'argent à grandes épines in French
hache d'argent à grandes épines in French
longspine silver hatchetfish in English
longspine silver hatchetfish in English
lovely hatchet fish in English
lovely hatchet fish in English
marine hatchetfish in English
marine hatchetfish in English
pez hacha plateado in Spanish
pez hacha plateado in Spanish
pigghala perlemorfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
pigghala perlemorfisk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
pigghalet perlemorfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
pigghalet perlemorfisk in Norwegian Bokmål
silver hatchetfish in English
silver hatchetfish in English
stříbrnáč lesklý in Czech
Рыба-топор in Russian
Рыба-топор in Russian
колючий топорик in Russian
колючий топорик in Russian
トガリムネエソ in Japanese
トガリムネエソ in Japanese
斧魚 in Chinese
棘銀斧魚 in Chinese
海洋斧魚 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

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  3. Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.].
  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.
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  6. 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.
  7. Harold, Antony S., Karsten E. Hartel, et al. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Hatchetfishes and Relatives: Family Sternoptychidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 184-190.
  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.
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