Common hatchetfish

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Cuyuni fish (Gasteropelecus sternicula) of Guyana

The common hatchetfish or river hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasteropelecidae, the freshwater hatchetfishes. This fish occurs in South America where it is found in the drainage basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Tocantins-Araguaia, Mearim, upper Paraguay river basins, and in the coastal drainages in Guianas. It has been recorded from Bolivia. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Trinidad.

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

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• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). Gasteropelecus sternicla in FishBase. August 2004 version.