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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Argyropelecus hemigymnus

Spurred hatchetfish

WoRMS 127309ITIS 162219GBIF 2347567key worms:127309
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162219 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · João Pedro Fernandes Moutinho · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Argyropelecus olfersii
Spurred hatchetfish3.9 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Photo · wild_wind · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Argyropelecus hemigymnus, the half-naked hatchetfish, short silver hatchetfish or spurred hatchetfish, is a deep-sea hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus found mesopelagically in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans as well as in the Mediterranean Sea.W CalCOFI holds 253 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1963 and 2022, as larva.R

253
observations
253
records
253
sampling events
1963–2022
years
2
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 227 obs · 227 events · 1963–2022 · larva
    name used: Argyropelecus hemigymnus Spurred hatchetfish · code 104
  • Mesopelagic Fish 26 obs · 26 events · 2010–2012
    name used: Argyropelecus hemigymnus · code Argyropelecus hemigymnus

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:127309%22