''Polyipnus kiwiensis'', commonly known as the kiwi hatchetfish, is a species of
ray-finned fish in the genus ''
Polyipnus
''Polyipnus'' is a genus of oceanic ray-finned fish in the family Sternoptychidae. This is the largest genus of the marine hatchetfishes subfamily Sternoptychinae and indeed of the entire Sternoptychidae. It is not quite as apomorphic as their re ...
''. They live in the
Tasman Sea off
Australia
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and
New Zealand.
They are
carnivores.
References
Sternoptychidae
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