Common hatchetfish

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.

Common hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Gasteropelecidae
Genus:	Gasteropelecus
Species:	G. sternicla
Binomial name
Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Clupea sternicla Linnaeus, 1758 Salmo gasteropelecus Pallas, 1770 Gasteropelecus argenteus Lacepède, 1803 Gasteropelecus coronatus W. R. Allen, 1942 Gasteropelecus sternicla marowini Hoedeman, 1952 Gasteropelecus sternicla morae Hoedeman, 1952

Cuyuni fish (Gasteropelecus sternicula) of Guyana

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species