WoRMS taxon details
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
127309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127309)
accepted
Species
Argyripnus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829) · unaccepted
Argyropelachus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850 · unaccepted
Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147. [details]
Distribution Grand Bank, into the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea
Distribution Grand Bank, into the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127309 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Cocco, A. (1829). Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de' mari di Messina. <em>Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia.</em> Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77): 138-147. [details]
original description (of Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878) Clarke, F. E. (1878). On two new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 10 (art. 30) (for 1877): 243-246, Pl. 6.
page(s): 244, Pl. 6 (top fig.) [details]
original description (of Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878) Clarke, F. E. (1878). On two new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 10 (art. 30) (for 1877): 243-246, Pl. 6.
page(s): 244, Pl. 6 (top fig.) [details]
original description (of Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Huntting Howell, W.; Krueger, W. H. (1987). Family Sternoptychidae, marine hatchetfishes and related species. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda Ocean Acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 32-50 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Huntting Howell, W.; Krueger, W. H. (1987). Family Sternoptychidae, marine hatchetfishes and related species. In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda Ocean Acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. , (452): 32-50 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods and small fishes [details]Distribution Grand Bank, into the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 250- 650 m. [details]
Predators Whiting [details]
Reproduction Spawns more than once per season, oviparous with planktonic eggs [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Spurred hatchetfishshort silver hatchetfishhatchet-fishHalf-naked hatchetfishhalf-naked hatchet fish | [details] |
| Hebrew | קופיצן הכסף | [details] |
| Japanese | テンガンムネエソ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Πελεκόψαρο | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | flekket perlemorfisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | flekka perlemorfisk | [details] |
| Russian | Быстрый (малый) топорик | [details] |
| Turkish | isildak baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (64 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argyropelecus hemigymnus)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyripnus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelachus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878)
To FishBase images (Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus heathi P01204 illustration) (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus hemigymnus RAD115142-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus hemigymnus RAD115143-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argyropelecus hemigymnus)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyripnus hemigymnus (Cocco, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus durvillei Valenciennes, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelachus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymmus Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus hemigymnos Cocco, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus d'Urvillei Valenciennes, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Argyropelecus intermedius Clarke, 1878)
To FishBase images (Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus heathi P01204 illustration) (from synonym Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus hemigymnus RAD115142-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argyropelecus hemigymnus RAD115143-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
