Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Stomiiformes > Family: Sternoptychidae > Genus: Argyropelecus > Species: Argyropelecus gigas

Giant hatchetfish - Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930

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Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

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Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Giant hatchetfish English Fishbase
Hatchet fish English Fishbase
Pez hacha Spanish Fishbase
Pez hacha gigante Spanish Fishbase
Stóri silfurfiskur Icelandic Fishbase
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
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FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Kongens Nytorv 6
1050 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: +45 3336 7100
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