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Silver hatchfish

Thoracocharax securis (De Filippi, 1853)

Status not recordedbony fish

The silver hatchfish (Thoracocharax securis) is a species in the family Gasteropelecidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the silver hatchfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver hatchfish live?

Not recorded

Is the silver hatchfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver hatchfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyGasteropelecidae
  6. genusThoracocharax
  7. SpeciesThoracocharax securis (De Filippi, 1853)

Synonyms Gasteropelecus pectorosus, Gasteropelecus securis, Thoracocharax pectorosus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Giant hatchetfishEnglish
  • Greater hatchetfishEnglish
  • Platinum hatchfishEnglish
  • sekernatka sekerovitáCzech
  • Platin-øksefiskDanish
  • PlatinbeilbauchGerman
  • PechonaSpanish
  • Peixe-borboletaPortuguese
  • Платиновый торакохараксRussian
  • 大胸斧魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver hatchfish

Other species in the same genus Thoracocharax.

Hatchetfish

Thoracocharax stellatus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the silver hatchfish?

The silver hatchfish (Thoracocharax securis) belongs to the family Gasteropelecidae in the order Characiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver hatchfish (Thoracocharax securis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-hatchfish

MLA

“Silver hatchfish (Thoracocharax securis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-hatchfish.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_hatchfish_2026,
  title = {Silver hatchfish (Thoracocharax securis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-hatchfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}