Common hatchetfish
- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Actinopterygii
- order: Characiformes
- family: Gasteropelecidae
- genus: Gasteropelecus
- species: Gasteropelecus sternicla
Morelia
Caquetá
ColombiaLinden
Upper Demerara-Berbice
GuyanaContamana
Iquitos
Pebas
Yurimaguas
Loreto
PeruSan Fernando Apure
Apure
Venezuela