Sternoptychidae

Argyropelecus aculeatus

The deep-sea Beilfische: appointed ( Sternoptychidae ( Gr. " Sternon " = chest, " ptyxychos " fold = ) ), also Silberbeilfische, are a living in the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean family of deep-sea fish from the order of Maulstachler.

Features

Deepwater Beilfische be 2 to 14 inches long. They have a plump body with clearly contrasting caudal peduncle ( pronounced in the subfamily Sternoptychinae, hence the common name of the whole family ), an upper jaw and constantly upward eyes. There are light organs on the underside of the body. The number of Branchiostegalstrahlen is from 6 to 10 A pseudobranch, which is reduced with most other jaw Stach learning or lost, is present in the deep-sea Beilfischen. The adipose fin is small. Scales missing or fall off easily. When dying deepwater Beilfischen the light organs glow long after. Their eggs are planktonic and are held by embedded oil droplets in the air.

System

There are more than 70 types of ten genera and two subfamilies.

Subfamily Maurolicinae

The body is elongated and never laterally strongly compressed. Fins formula: anal fin 19-38. The taxon is paraphyletic policy.

  • Araiophos Araiophos eastropas Ahlstrom & Moser, 1969.
  • Argyripnus atlanticus Maul, 1952.
  • Argyripnus Brocki Struhsaker, 1973.
  • Argyripnus electronus Parin, 1992.
  • Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897.
  • Argyripnus iridescens McCulloch, 1926.
  • Danaphos oculatus ( Garman, 1899).
  • Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838.
  • Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875.
  • Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993. salmon herring ( Maurolicus muelleri ) Maurolicus weitzmani
  • Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915.
  • Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, in 1871.
  • Maurolicus muelleri (salmon herring ) ( Gmelin, 1789).
  • Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888.
  • Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus stand manni Parin & Kobyliansky, 1996.
  • Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
  • Sonoda megalophthalma Grey, 1959.
  • Sonoda paucilampa Grey, 1960.
  • Thorophos euryops Bruun, 1931.
  • Thorophos nexilis ( Myers, 1932).
  • Valenciennellus carlsbergi Bruun, 1931.
  • Valenciennellus tripunctulatus ( Esmark, 1871).

Subfamily Sternoptychinae

The body is short, laterally strongly flattened and deep, the mouth is almost perpendicular, sometimes telescopic eyes are formed. Fins formula: 8-17 dorsal fin, anal fin 11-19.

  • Argyropelecus Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850.
  • Argyropelecus affinis Garman, 1899.
  • Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930.
  • Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, in 1829.
  • Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899.
  • Argyropelecus olfersii ( Silberbeil ) ( Cuvier, 1829).
  • Argyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908.
  • Polyipnus aqua vitus Baird, 1971.
  • Polyipnus asper Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus asteroides Schultz, 1938.
  • Polyipnus bruuni Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus clarus Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus danae Harold, 1990.
  • Polyipnus elongatus Borodulina, 1979.
  • Polyipnus fraseri Fowler, 1934.
  • Polyipnus indicus Schultz, 1961.
  • Polyipnus inermis Borodulina, 1981.
  • Polyipnus kiwiensis Baird, 1971.
  • Polyipnus laternatus Garman, 1899.
  • Polyipnus latirastrus Last & Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus limatulus Harold & Wessel, 1998.
  • Polyipnus matsubarai Schultz, 1961.
  • Polyipnus Meteori Kotthaus, 1967.
  • Polyipnus nuttingi Gilbert, 1905.
  • Polyipnus oluolus Baird, 1971.
  • Polyipnus omphus Baird, 1971.
  • Polyipnus ovatus Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus parini Borodulina, 1979.
  • Polyipnus paxtoni Harold, 1989.
  • Polyipnus polli Schultz, 1961.
  • Polyipnus ruggeri Baird, 1971.
  • Polyipnus soelae Harold, 1994.
  • Polyipnus spinifer Borodulina, 1979.
  • Polyipnus spinosus Gunther, 1887.
  • Polyipnus stereope Jordan & Starks, 1904.
  • Polyipnus surugaensis Aizawa, 1990.
  • Polyipnus tridentifer McCulloch, 1914.
  • Polyipnus triphanos Schultz, 1938.
  • Polyipnus unispinus Schultz, 1938.
  • Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781.
  • Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899.
  • Sternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971.
  • Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977.
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