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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Argyripnus: Greek, argyros = silver + Greek,hypnos = sleep (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 492 m (Ref. 75774). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific. off Africa to the Philippines south to Indonesia and the Coral Sea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75774)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-12; Vertebrae: 42 - 44. Distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers 15-16, usually 16 with typically 12 on the ventral limb; VAV + ACA photophores 13-18, photophore elevation 3.7-6.4% SL; 42-44 total vertebrae, usually 42 or 43; 9-12 dorsal fin rays; no uniquely derived characters known (Ref. 75774).

A mesopelagic species captured near the seafloor by bottom trawl (ref. 75774).

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Harold, A.S. and K. Lancaster, 2003. A new species of the hatchetfish genus Argyripnus (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 116 (4):883-891. (Ref. 75774)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 July 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Argyripnus pharos Harold & Lancaster, 2003