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* {{aut|[[FishBase]]}} [2009]: [http://fishbase.se/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27Sternoptyx%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3ESternoptyx%3C%2Fi%3E ''Sternoptyx'' species]. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
* {{aut|[[FishBase]]}} [2009]: [http://fishbase.se/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27Sternoptyx%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3ESternoptyx%3C%2Fi%3E ''Sternoptyx'' species]. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
* {{aut|Sepkoski, Jack}} (2002): [''Sternoptyx'']. ''In:'' A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. ''Bulletin of American Paleontology'' '''364''': 560. [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class HTML database excerpt]
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Sternoptyx
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present
40–0 Ma
Diaphanous Hatchetfish (Sternoptyx diaphana)
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Sternoptyx

Hermann, 1781

Sternoptyx is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. This is the type genus of the Sternoptychidae, as well as the marine hatchetfish subfamily Sternoptychinae.

It contains only four living species:[1]

Fossils of this genus show that they have existed at least since the Early Oligocene, about 30 million years ago.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ FishBase [2009]
  2. ^ Sepkoski (2002)

References

  • FishBase [2009]: Sternoptyx species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
  • Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Sternoptyx]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt