Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12720195
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC2487AA-EA1A-C511-6435-FF5BFB3E57B1
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scientific name	Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829
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Diagnosis. Argyropelecus can be distinguished in the Sternoptychinae by the eyes tubular, directed upwards; dorsal blade with several spines anterior to dorsal-fin rays; abdominal keel developed; post-abdominal spines present; AB 12; SAB 6; SP 2; PAN 4 (Baird, 1971, 1986). A total of 10 valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Stomiiformes
Family	Sternoptychidae

Argyropelecus Cocco, 1829

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