Common hatchetfish

Common hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Gasteropelecidae
Genus: Gasteropelecus
Species:
G. sternicla
Binomial name
Gasteropelecus sternicla
Synonyms[2]
  • Clupea sternicla Linnaeus, 1758
  • Salmo gasteropelecus Pallas, 1770
  • Gasteropelecus argenteus Lacepède, 1803
  • Gasteropelecus coronatus W. R. Allen, 1942
  • Gasteropelecus sternicla marowini Hoedeman, 1952
  • Gasteropelecus sternicla morae Hoedeman, 1952
Cuyuni fish (Gasteropelecus sternicula) of Guyana

The common hatchetfish or river hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfishes. This fish occurs in South America where it is found in the drainage basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Tocantins-Araguaia, Mearim, upper Paraguay river basins, and in the coastal drainages in Guianas. It has been recorded from Bolivia. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad.

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References

  1. ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Gasteropelecus sternicla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49830551A186970746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830551A186970746.en. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gasterppelecus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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