''Polyipnus asteroides'', commonly known as the shortspine tenplate, is a species of
ray-finned fish in the
family Sternoptychidae. It occurs in deep water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the
Gulf of Maine southward to the
Caribbean Sea and the
Gulf of Mexico. It occurs to a depth of about .
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Sternoptychidae
Fish described in 1938
Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz