Diaphanous Hatchet Fish
Sternoptyx diaphana
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
- Sternoptyx
Where to Find
Found in 48 diving areas across 31 countries and 9 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 6 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 13 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 450 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 3 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 11 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 10 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 8 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 5 records
- Azores, Portugal - 2 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records