Thoracocharax
Encyclopedia
The genus Thoracocharax covers two species
of fish
in the family
of Gasteropelecidae commonly known as "hatchetfish" due to the shape of their bodies. These fish live just under the surface of the water.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of Gasteropelecidae commonly known as "hatchetfish" due to the shape of their bodies. These fish live just under the surface of the water.
List of species
- Thoracocharax securis - (De Filippi, 1853) - Hatchetfish
- Thoracocharax stellatus - (Kner, 1858) - Silver hatchetfish