Sternoptyx diaphana
Diaphanous hatchet fish
IUCN: least concernmarine
Hermann, 1781Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 127314 ↗
5
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1955
First collected
1968
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
5 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1950s1960s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1955 by R/V "Hugh M. Smith" cruise 31, station 23 (Line Islands).