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Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Gasteropelecidae
genus
Gasteropelecus
species
Gasteropelecus sternicla

Name

Synonyms
Clupea sternicla Linnaeus, 1758
Gasteropelecus argenteus Lacepède, 1803
Gasteropelecus coronatus Allen, 1942
Gasteropelecus sternicla marowini Hoedeman, 1952
Gasteropelecus sternicla morae Hoedeman, 1952
Salmo gasteropelecus Pallas, 1770
Homonyms
Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Agosibi siba in language.
Almindelig øksefisk in Danish
Borboleta-falsa in Portuguese
Elépatakawi in language.
Gemeiner Silberbeilbauchfisch in German
Ika kataamuño in language.
Kamisalayã in language.
Pechito in Spanish
Pechito plateado de raya negra in Spanish
Peix destral de riu in Catalan–Valencian
Pez hacha plateado in Spanish
Poisson hachette argenté in French
Poisson hachette argenté in French
Poisson-hachette argenté in French
Polomõshimbo in language.
Pstrążeń srebrzysty in Polish
River Hatchetfish in English
Sapopema in language.
Sapopema in Portuguese
Silber beilbauchfisch in German
Silver hatchetfish in English
Silver hatchetfish in English
Sternicla in Spanish
Tapparakala in Finnish
Timbibé in language.
Voador in Portuguese
Yaya-grotjò, Yaya-rach, Poson-rach in language.
common hatchetfish in English
common hatchetfish in English
common hatchetfish in language.
sekernatka černopruhá in Czech
Ëlepatayetsi in language.
Обыкновенная клинобрюшка in Russian
胸斧魚 in Chinese
胸斧鱼 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Galvis, G., Sánchez-Duarte, P., Mesa-Salazar, L., López-Pinto, Y., Gutiérrez-E, M., Gutiérrez-Cortéz, Á., Castaño, M., Castellanos, C. 2007. Peces de la Amazonía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder, 489p.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. Weitzman, S. H. 1960. Further notes on the relationships and classification of the South American characid fishes of the subfamily Gasteropelecinae. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, 7 (4): 217-239
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