Hatchet Fish
Argyropelecus aculeatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Argyropelecus
Where to Find
Found in 47 diving areas across 29 countries and 8 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 89 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 12 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 12 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 16 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 92 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 3 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 15 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 7 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 10 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 5 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 8 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records