Sternoptychidae

STERNOPTYCHIDAE Argyropelecus olfersii (Cuvier, 1829) , was quoted (without details) in a list of fishes from Lebanon, eastern Mediterranean by George et al. 1964 (see Tortonese, 1970). According to Badcock (1984), the species is probably absent from the Mediterranean.
Published as part of Psomadakis, Peter Nick, Giustino, Stefano & Vacchi, Marino, 2012, Mediterranean fish biodiversity: an updated inventory with focus on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 3263 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280724
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