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Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899

158836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158836)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Stomiiformes
  11. Sternoptychidae
  12. Sternoptychinae
  13. Argyropelecus
  14. Argyropelecus lychnus
accepted
Species
Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158836 on 2026-08-24
NARMS (2026). Argyropelecus lychnus Garman, 1899. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158836 on 2026-08-24
Date
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. <em>In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N.</em> , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2Ş ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source 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. [details] 

additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] 

ecology source 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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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English silvery hatchetfish  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argyropelecus lychnus) 
To FishBase 
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus lychnus RAD115141-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus lychnus RAD115141-001) 
To ITIS
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