Marbled hatchetfish
| Marbled hatchetfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
| Genus: | Carnegiella |
| Species: | C. strigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864) | |
The marbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) is a small, 3.5 cm (1.4 in) in length, freshwater ray-finned fish. The small deep-bodied fish, in the genera Carnegiella, is from the family Gasteropelecidae which includes both Gasteropelecus and Thoracocharax. Native to South America, C. strigata can be found in the Caqueta River in Columbia, the lower, middle, and upper Amazon River Basin, south of Amazon, and can be found in rivers and streams.