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Lovely Hatchetfish
Lovely Hatchetfish
General information
Universe Real Life
Aliases Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish
Classification Argyropelecus aculeatus
Species type Deep-sea Silver Hatchetfish
Homeworld Earth
Environment Deep sea
Intelligence Non-Sapient
Biochemistry Carbon-based lifeform
Biological information
Reproduction Sexual
Average length 70 mm (2.8 in)
Locomotion Powered swimming
Feeding behavior Carnivorous
Prey Copepods, ostracods
Lineage information
Cultural information
Alignment Neutral
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific taxonomy
Planet Earth
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Eumetazoa
Infrakingdom Bilateria
Superphylum Deuterostomia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Superclass Osteichthyes
Class Actinopterygii
Subclass Neopterygii
Infraclass Teleostei
Superorder Stenopterygii (disputed)
Order Stomiiformes
Family Sternoptychidae
Subfamily Sternoptychinae
Genus Argyropelecus
Species aculeatus
Other information
Status Least Concern

The Lovely Hatchetfish or Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus) is a species of deep-sea hatchetfish. It may exceed 70 millimetres (2.8 in) standard length (SL). It lives in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and performs diel vertical migration. A. aculeatus feeds on a large range of prey items; in the Gulf of Mexico ostracods and copepods dominated the diet of small individuals (<30 mm SL) and euphausiids, molluscs, and fish the diet of larger ones. The silvery coloration and bioluminescence of the Lovely Hatchetfish allows it to hide from predators and prey in the down-welling light of the twilight zone.

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