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Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829)

Description

Lower opercular spine downward and curved forward. Upper opercular spine short, directed outward. Ventral line of abdominal keel usually with a concave notch in front of anterior postabdominal spine (Ref. 37473).

Common Names

  • Olfers Sølvøkse , Danish , Denmark
  • Sølvøkse , Danish , Denmark
  • Bijlvis , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Hatchetfish , English , Azores Is.
  • Silver hatchetfish , English , UK
  • Silvurøks , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Silberbeil , German , Germany
  • Norræni silfurfiskur , Icelandic , Iceland
  • 奥氏银斧鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 奧氏銀斧魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Stor perlemorfisk , Norwegian , Norway
  • Topornik krepy , Polish , Poland
  • Pai-velho , Portuguese , Azores Is.
  • Hachita , Spanish , Spain
  • Pez hacha , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pez hacha , Spanish , Spain
  • Pez hacha luminoso , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pez hacha luminoso , Spanish , Spain
  • Pärlemorfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Stomiiformes

    Family: Sternoptychidae

    Genus: Argyropelecus

    Species: Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829)

    Climate Zone

  • oceanodromous

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: southern Iceland to Canary Islands and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. South Pacific: between 30°S and 50°S.

    • Biology

    Oceanic, mesopelagic with adults and juveniles at 200-800 m by day and 100 (sometimes shallower)-600 m by night, pre-metamorphic larvae at 100-300 m. Adults and juveniles make short diel vertical migrations. Dioecious, adult photophore complement acquired at about 16-17 mm SL (Ref. 4739). Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 35388).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic