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Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Melanostomias vierecki Western Central Pacific 1934
Neonesthes capensis Cape snaggletooth Eastern Atlantic 17 SL 1924
Neonesthes microcephalus Smallhead snaggletooth Eastern Atlantic 17.2 SL 1930
Odontostomias masticopogon Eastern Atlantic 20 TL 1930
Odontostomias micropogon Eastern Atlantic 29.5 SL 1930
Opostomias micripnus Obese dragonfish Circumglobal 50 TL 1878
Opostomias mitsuii Pitgum lanternfish Northeast Pacific 36 SL 1941
Pachystomias microdon Smalltooth dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 22.1 SL 1878
Photonectes achirus Northwest Atlantic 8.7 SL 1930
Photonectes albipennis Whitepen dragonfish Western Pacific 30 SL 1882
Photonectes banshee Banshee dragonfish Northwest Pacific 12.5 SL 2019
Photonectes barnetti Pacific Ocean 4.2 SL 2011
Photonectes braueri Brauer's dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 28.2 SL 1913
Photonectes caerulescens Bulbless dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 15 SL 1930
Photonectes coffea Pacific Ocean 14.9 SL 2011
Photonectes cornutus Western Central Atlantic 1.9 SL 1933
Photonectes corynodes Eastern Pacific Ocean 2.4 SL 2011
Photonectes cyanogrammicus Equatorial Western Pacifi 14 SL 2019
Photonectes dinema Eastern Atlantic 25 SL 1930
Photonectes distichodon Eastern Indian Ocean. 16.7 SL 2019
Photonectes filipendulus Eastern Pacific Ocean 23.5 SL 2019
Photonectes gorodinskii Pacific Ocean. 18 SL 2015
Photonectes gracilis Graceful dragonfish Eastern Indian Ocean and 20.8 SL 1896
Photonectes klepadloae Eastern Central Pacific 11.9 SL 2021
Photonectes leucospilus Eastern Atlantic 20.4 SL 1930
Photonectes litvinovi Western Central Pacific 15 SL 2014
Photonectes margarita Circumglobal. 39.6 SL 1896
Photonectes mirabilis Blueband dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 16.4 SL 1927
Photonectes munificus Southeast Pacific 1968
Photonectes parvimanus Fleshyfin dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 24.5 SL 1930
Photonectes paxtoni Western Pacific Ocean; P 2.3 SL 2012
Photonectes phyllopogon Eastern Atlantic 10 SL 1930
Photonectes sphaerolampas Equatorial Western and Ce 18.9 SL 2019
Photonectes uncinatus Southern Atlantic 25 SL 2015
Photonectes venetaenia Western Pacific Ocean 8.9 SL 2016
Photonectes waitti Indo-Pacific 7.4 SL 2012
Photonectes xenopogon Western Central Pacific. 16.8 SL 2019
Photostomias atrox Circumtropicam 15.4 SL 1890
Photostomias goodyeari Atlantic Ocean 17.5 SL 2005
Photostomias guernei Western Atlantic 16 TL 1889
Photostomias liemi Indo-Pacific 14.3 SL 2009
Photostomias lucingens Pacific 10.9 SL 2009
Photostomias tantillux Pacific Ocean 10.1 SL 2009
Rhadinesthes decimus Slender snaggletooth Eastern Atlantic 41 SL 1911
Stomias affinis Günther's boafish Circumglobal in tropical 21.9 SL 1887
Stomias atriventer Black-belly dragonfish Eastern Pacific 25 TL 1899
Stomias boa Boa dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 32.2 SL 1810
Stomias brevibarbatus Eastern Atlantic 20.4 SL 1918
Stomias colubrinus Eastern Pacific (Ref. 958 40 SL 1899
Stomias danae Pacific Ocean. 1933
Stomias ferox North Atlantic 30 SL 1842
Stomias gracilis Subtropical convergence a 29 SL 1899
Stomias lampropeltis Eastern Atlantic 29.7 SL 1969
Stomias longibarbatus Longbarb scaly dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 43 SL 1902
Stomias nebulosus Alcock's boafish Indo-Pacific 18 TL 1889
Tactostoma macropus Longfin dragonfish Northwest Pacific 34.3 TL 1939
Thysanactis dentex Broomfin dragonfish Pacific and Atlantic 18 SL 1930
Trigonolampa miriceps Threelight dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 32 SL 1930



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