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Sternoptyx oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae . This is the type genus of the Sternoptychidae, as well as the marine hatchetfish subfamily Sternoptychinae.
Sternoptyx have silvery, high, and laterally compressed bodies and large, non-telescopic eyes.[1] S. pseudobscura and S. pseudodiaphana ) not exceeding 60 millimetres (2.4 in ) standard length .[2]
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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
Fossils of this genus show that they have existed at least since the Early Oligocene , about 30 million years ago .[3]
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^ Baird, R. C. (1971). "The systematics, distribution, and zoogeography of the marine hatchetfishes (family Sternoptychidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 142 : 1–128.
^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Sternoptyx in FishBase . February 2012 version.
^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Sternoptyx ]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364 : 560. HTML database excerpt
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