Axefish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
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 37 diving areas across 23 countries and 8 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 73 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 12 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 16 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 319 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 12 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 11 records
- Corsica, France - 3 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 4 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 78 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 13 records
- Azores, Portugal - 11 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 150 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 20 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 33 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 3 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records