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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Sternoptychidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Argyripnus atlanticus Maul, 1952SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Argyripnus boreopacificus Prokofiev, 2017SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gilbert & Cramer's bristle-mouth fishArgyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Argyripnus oamaruensis Schwarzhans, 2019SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Argyripnus pharos Harold & Lancaster, 2003SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lowcrest hatchetfishArgyropelecus sladeni Regan, 1908SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bottlelightDanaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899)SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
North Pacific lightfishMaurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, 1871SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Muller's pearlsidesMaurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus stehmanni Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Atlantic pearlsideMaurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus aquavitus Baird, 1971SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus danae Harold, 1990SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus fraseri Fowler, 1934SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus indicus Schultz, 1961SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus inermis Borodulina, 1981SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus ovatus Harold, 1994SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus paxtoni Harold, 1989SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus soelae Harold, 1994SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus spinifer Borodulina, 1979SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Polyipnus surugaensis Aizawa, 1990SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sonoda paucilampa Grey, 1960SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Diaphanous hatchet fishSternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dark hatchetfishSternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
highlight hatchet fishSternoptyx pseudobscura Baird, 1971SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thorophos euryops Bruun, 1931SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thorophos nexilis (Myers, 1932)SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Valenciennellus carlsbergi Bruun, 1931SternoptychidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.