Sternoptyx
| Sternoptyx Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Present
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| Diaphanous Hatchetfish (Sternoptyx diaphana) | |
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| Genus: | Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781
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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]
- Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781 – Diaphanous Hatchetfish
- Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899
- Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971 – Highlight Hatchetfish
- Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977 – False Oblique Hatchetfish
Fossils of this genus show that they have existed at least since the Early Oligocene, about 30 million years ago.[2]
Footnotes
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
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