Silvery hatchetfish

Argyropelecus lychnus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–2,253 m
Water temperature8–29 °C
Best monthsApril, October, and November
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 35 records
February: 20 records
March: 36 records
April: 45 records
May: 17 records
June: 10 records
July: 34 records
August: 8 records
September: 16 records
October: 44 records
November: 40 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–2,253 m · Deepest record: 4,081.9 m

0–10 m: 40 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 3 records
110+ m: 69 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–29 °C

8–10 °C: 3 records
10–12 °C: 22 records
12–14 °C: 27 records
14–16 °C: 41 records
16–18 °C: 139 records
18–20 °C: 22 records
20–22 °C: 12 records
22–24 °C: 10 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 16 records
28–30 °C: 12 records

Names and classification

English: Silvery hatchetfish, Tropical hatchetfish, Silver Hatchetfish, silvery hatchetfish

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: hacha tropical

Other scientific names: Argyripnus lychnus, Argyropelecus lynchus

Similar species

Half-naked hatchet fish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Atlantic silver hatchetfish
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Pacific hatchet fish
Argyropelecus affinis
Greater silver hatchetfish
Argyropelecus gigas
Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus olfersii
Lowcrest hachetfish
Argyropelecus sladeni

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,839 open-data records from 1891 to 2023.

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