Marbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) Are members of the Gasteropelecidae family. These freshwater fish are found throughout South America being found in Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. These fish use their unique bilateral pectoral fin to jump out of the water to escape predators or to catch insects and food above the waters surface occasionally. Marbled hatchetfish are thought to have many regional variants, With none of them being recognized by science. These are the fasciata variant from Brazil, The marowini and surinamensis from Suriname and the vesca found in Peru and Guyana.
Naming: (Carnegiella strigata) (Carnegiella after Miss Margaret Carnegie with strigata from the Latin strigatus having transverse bands of colour, strigate')