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| Common hatchetfish | |
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| Gasteropelecus sternicla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
| Genus: | Gasteropelecus |
| Species: | G. sternicla |
| Binomial name | |
| Gasteropelecus sternicla | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The common hatchetfish or river hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfish. 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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gasterppelecus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- "Gasteropelecus sternicla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 29, 2004.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). Gasteropelecus sternicla in FishBase. August 2004 version.
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