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Sternoptychidae The marine hatchetfishes or deep-sea hatchetfishes as well as the related bottlelights, pearlsides and constellationfishes are small deep-sea ray-finned fish of the stomiiform family Sternoptychidae. They are not closely related to and should ...

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:ITIS (2004) ''contra'' FishBase

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Araiophos eastropas ''Araiophos eastropas'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Araiophos. It lives in the Western Central Pacific. References Sternoptychidae Fish described in 1969 {{Stomiiformes-stub ...

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Araiophos gracilis ''Araiophos gracilis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Araiophos''. It is found in the Pacific Ocean. References Fish described in 1961 Sternoptychidae Taxa named by Marion Griswold Grey {{Stomiiformes-stub ...

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References

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