Stomiidae

Taxobox
name = Stomiidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Astronesthes niger"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Stomiiformes
familia = Stomiidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Aristostomias" "Astronesthes" "Bathophilus" "Borostomias" "Chauliodus" "Chirostomias" "Echiostoma" "Eupogonesthes" "Eustomias" "Flagellostomias" "Grammatostomias" "Heterophotus" "Idiacanthus" "Leptostomias" "Malacosteus" "Melanostomias" "Neonesthes" "Odontostomias" "Opostomias" "Pachystomias" "Photonectes" "Photostomias" "Rhadinesthes" "Stomias" "Tactostoma" "Thysanactis" "Trigonolampa" See text for species

Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish including the barbeled dragonfishes, stareaters (in the subfamily Malacosteinae) the loosejaws.

Species

There are 277 species in 27 genera:
* Genus "Aristostomias"
** "Aristostomias grimaldii" Zugmayer, 1913.
** "Aristostomias lunifer" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Aristostomias polydactylus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** Shiny loosejaw, "Aristostomias scintillans" (Gilbert, 1915).
** "Aristostomias tittmanni" Welsh, 1923.
** "Aristostomias xenostoma" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
* Genus "Astronesthes"
** "Astronesthes atlanticus" Parin & Borodulina, 1996.
** "Astronesthes bilobatus" Parin & Borodulina, 1996.
** "Astronesthes boulengeri" Gilchrist, 1902.
** "Astronesthes caulophorus" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes chrysophekadion" (Bleeker, 1849).
** "Astronesthes cyaneus" (Brauer, 1902).
** "Astronesthes cyclophotus" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes decoratus" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes dupliglandis" Parin & Borodulina, 1997.
** "Astronesthes exsul" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes fedorovi" Parin & Borodulina, 1994.
** "Astronesthes formosana" Liao et al., 2006.
** "Astronesthes galapagensis" Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999.
** Snaggletooth, "Astronesthes gemmifer" Goode & Bean, 1896.
** "Astronesthes gibbsi" Borodulina, 1992.
** "Astronesthes gudrunae" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes haplophos" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes ijimai" Tanaka, 1908.
** "Astronesthes illuminatus" Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999.
** "Astronesthes indicus" Brauer, 1902.
** "Astronesthes indopacificus" Parin & Borodulina, 1997.
** "Astronesthes karsteni" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes kreffti" Gibbs & McKinney, 1988.
** "Astronesthes lamellosus" Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970.
** "Astronesthes lampara" Parin & Borodulina, 1998.
** "Astronesthes leucopogon" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes longiceps" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes lucibucca" Parin & Borodulina, 1996.
** Pacific astronesthid fish, "Astronesthes lucifer" Gilbert, 1905.
** "Astronesthes luetkeni" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes lupina" Whitley, 1941.
** "Astronesthes macropogon" Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970.
** "Astronesthes martensii" Klunzinger, 1871.
** "Astronesthes micropogon" Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970.
** "Astronesthes neopogon" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Astronesthes niger" Richardson, 1845.
** "Astronesthes nigroides" Gibbs & Aron, 1960.
** "Astronesthes oligoa" Parin & Borodulina, 2002.
** "Astronesthes psychrolutes" (Gibbs & Weitzman, 1965).
** "Astronesthes quasiindicus" Parin & Borodulina, 1996.
** "Astronesthes richardsoni" (Poey, 1852).
** "Astronesthes similus" Parr, 1927.
** "Astronesthes spatulifer" Gibbs & McKinney, 1988.
** "Astronesthes splendida" Brauer, 1902.
** "Astronesthes tanibe" Parin & Borodulina, 2001.
** "Astronesthes tatyanae" Parin & Borodulina, 1998.
** "Astronesthes tchuvasovi" Parin & Borodulina, 1996.
** "Astronesthes trifibulatus" Gibbs, Amaoka & Haruta, 1984.
** "Astronesthes zetgibbsi" Parin & Borodulina, 1997.
** "Astronesthes zharovi" Parin & Borodulina, 1998.
* Genus "Bathophilus"
** "Bathophilus abarbatus" Barnett & Gibbs, 1968.
** "Bathophilus altipinnis" Beebe, 1933.
** "Bathophilus ater" (Brauer, 1902).
** "Bathophilus brevis" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Bathophilus digitatus" (Welsh, 1923).
** Sparing, "Bathophilus filifer" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** Highfin dragonfish, "Bathophilus flemingi" Aron & McCrery, 1958.
** "Bathophilus indicus" (Brauer, 1902).
** "Bathophilus irregularis" Norman, 1930.
** "Bathophilus kingi" Barnett & Gibbs, 1968.
** "Bathophilus longipinnis" (Pappenheim, 1914).
** Scaleless dragonfish, "Bathophilus nigerrimus" Giglioli, 1882.
** "Bathophilus pawneei" Parr, 1927.
** "Bathophilus proximus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Bathophilus schizochirus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Bathophilus vaillanti" (Zugmayer, 1911).
* Genus "Borostomias"
** "Borostomias abyssorum" (Koehler, 1896).
** "Borostomias antarcticus" (Lönnberg, 1905).
** "Borostomias elucens" (Brauer, 1906).
** "Borostomias mononema" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Borostomias pacificus" (Imai, 1941).
** Panama snaggletooth, "Borostomias panamensis" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
* Genus "Chauliodus"
** "Chauliodus barbatus" (Lowe, 1843).
** Dana viperfish, "Chauliodus danae" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
** "Chauliodus dentatus" Garman, 1899.
** Pacific viperfish, "Chauliodus macouni" Bean, 1890.
** "Chauliodus minimus" Parin & Novikova, 1974.
** "Chauliodus pammelas" Alcock, 1892.
** "Chauliodus schmidti" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** Sloane's viperfish, "Chauliodus sloani" Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
** "Chauliodus vasnetzovi" Novikova, 1972.
* Genus "Chirostomias"
** "Chirostomias pliopterus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
* Genus "Echiostoma"
** "Echiostoma barbatum" Lowe, 1843.
* Genus "Eupogonesthes"
** "Eupogonesthes xenicus" Parin & Borodulina, 1993.
* Genus "Eustomias"
** "Eustomias achirus" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974.
** "Eustomias acinosus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias aequatorialis" Clarke, 1998.
** "Eustomias albibulbus" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias appositus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias arborifer" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias australensis" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias austratlanticus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias bertelseni" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias bibulboides" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias bibulbosus" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias bifilis" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Eustomias bigelowi" Welsh, 1923.
** "Eustomias bimargaritatus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias bimargaritoides" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias binghami" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias bituberatus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias bituberoides" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias borealis" Clarke, 2000.
** "Eustomias braueri" (Regan, 1908).
** "Eustomias brevibarbatus" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias bulbiramis" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias bulbornatus" Gibbs, 1960.
** "Eustomias cancriensis" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias cirritus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias contiguus" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias crossotus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias crucis" Gibbs & Craddock, 1973.
** "Eustomias cryptobulbus" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias curtatus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias curtifilis" Clarke, 2000.
** "Eustomias danae" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Eustomias decoratus" (Parin & Borodulina, 2002).
** "Eustomias dendriticus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias deofamiliaris" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias digitatus" (Welsh, 1923).
** "Eustomias dinema" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias dispar" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias dubius" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias elongatus" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias enbarbatus" Welsh, 1923.
** "Eustomias filifer" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Eustomias fissibarbis" (Pappenheim, 1914).
** "Eustomias flagellifer" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias furcifer" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias gibbsi" (Borodulina, 1992).
** "Eustomias grandibulbus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias hulleyi" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias hypopsilus" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias ignotus" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias inconstans" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias insularum" Clarke, 1998.
** "Eustomias intermedius" Clarke, 1998.
** "Eustomias interruptus" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias ioani" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974.
** "Eustomias jimcraddocki" Sutton & Hartel, 2004.
** "Eustomias kreffti" (Gibbs & McKinney, 1988).
** "Eustomias lanceolatus" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias leptobolus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias lipochirus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias longibarba" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias longiramis" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias macronema" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias macrophthalmus" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Eustomias macrurus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias magnificus" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias medusa" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias melanonema" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias melanostigma" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias melanostigmoides" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias mesostenus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias metamelas" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias micraster" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias micropterygius" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias minimus" (Parin & Novikova, 1974).
** "Eustomias monoclonoides" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias monoclonus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias monodactylus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias multifilis" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978.
** "Eustomias obscurus" Vaillant, 1884.
** "Eustomias orientalis" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias pacificus" (Imai, 1941).
** "Eustomias parini" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias parri" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias patulus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias paucifilis" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias paxtoni" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias perplexus" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias pinnatus" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias polyaster" Parr, 1927.
** "Eustomias posti" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias precarius" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias problematicus" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias pyrifer" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias quadrifilis" Gomon & Gibbs, 1985.
** "Eustomias radicifilis" Borodin, 1930.
** "Eustomias satterleei" Beebe, 1933.
** "Eustomias schiffi" Beebe, 1932.
** "Eustomias schmidti" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Eustomias silvescens" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias similis" (Parr, 1927).
** "Eustomias simplex" (Parr, 1927).
** "Eustomias spherulifer" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias suluensis" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias tenisoni" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias tetranema" Zugmayer, 1913.
** "Eustomias teuthidopsis" Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983.
** "Eustomias tomentosis" Clarke, 1998.
** "Eustomias trewavasae" Norman, 1930.
** "Eustomias triramis" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias uniramis" Clarke, 1999.
** "Eustomias variabilis" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Eustomias vitiazi" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974.
** "Eustomias vulgaris" Clarke, 2001.
** "Eustomias woollardi" Clarke, 1998.
** "Eustomias xenobolus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
* Genus "Flagellostomias"
** "Flagellostomias boureei" (Zugmayer, 1913).
* Genus "Grammatostomias"
** "Grammatostomias circularis" Morrow, 1959.
** "Grammatostomias dentatus" (Garman, 1899).
** "Grammatostomias flagellibarba" Holt & Byrne, 1910.
* Genus "Heterophotus"
** "Heterophotus ophistoma" Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
* Genus "Idiacanthus"
** Pacific blackdragon, "Idiacanthus antrostomus" Gilbert, 1890.
** "Idiacanthus atlanticus" (Parin & Borodulina, 1996).
** Ribbon sawtail fish, "Idiacanthus fasciola" Peters, 1877.
* Genus "Leptostomias"
** "Leptostomias analis" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Leptostomias bermudensis" Beebe, 1932.
** "Leptostomias bilobatus" (Parin & Borodulina, 1996).
** "Leptostomias gladiator" (Zugmayer, 1911).
** "Leptostomias gracilis" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Leptostomias haplocaulus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Leptostomias leptobolus" (Regan & Trewavas, 1930).
** "Leptostomias longibarba" (Parr, 1927).
** Long-threaded dragonfish, "Leptostomias macronema" (Regan & Trewavas, 1930).
** "Leptostomias macropogon" (Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970).
** "Leptostomias multifilis" (Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978).
** "Leptostomias robustus" Imai, 1941.
* Genus "Malacosteus"
** "Malacosteus indicus" (Brauer, 1902).
** Stoplight loosejaw, "Malacosteus niger" (Ayres, 1848).
* Genus "Melanostomias"
** "Melanostomias bartonbeani" Parr, 1927.
** "Melanostomias biseriatus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Melanostomias globulifer" Fowler, 1934.
** "Melanostomias macrophotus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Melanostomias margaritifer" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Melanostomias melanopogon" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Melanostomias melanops" Brauer, 1902.
** "Melanostomias niger" (Richardson, 1845).
** "Melanostomias nigroaxialis" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978.
** "Melanostomias paucilaternatus" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978.
** "Melanostomias pauciradius" Matsubara, 1938.
** "Melanostomias pollicifer" Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978.
** "Melanostomias stewarti" Fowler, 1934.
** "Melanostomias tentaculatus" (Regan & Trewavas, 1930).
** Valdivia black dragonfish, "Melanostomias valdiviae" Brauer, 1902.
** "Melanostomias vierecki" Fowler, 1934.
* Genus "Neonesthes"
** "Neonesthes capensis" (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924).
** "Neonesthes microcephalus" Norman, 1930.
* Genus "Odontostomias"
** "Odontostomias masticopogon" Norman, 1930.
** "Odontostomias micropogon" (Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970).
* Genus "Opostomias"
** "Opostomias micripnus" (Günther, 1878).
** Pitgum lanternfish, "Opostomias mitsuii" Imai, 1941.
* Genus "Pachystomias"
** "Pachystomias microdon" (Günther, 1878).
* Genus "Photonectes"
** "Photonectes achirus" (Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974).
** "Photonectes albipennis" (Döderlein, 1882).
** "Photonectes braueri" (Regan, 1908).
** "Photonectes caerulescens" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Photonectes dinema" (Clarke, 1999).
** "Photonectes gracilis" (Regan & Trewavas, 1930).
** "Photonectes leucospilus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Photonectes margarita" (Goode & Bean, 1896).
** "Photonectes mirabilis" Parr, 1927.
** "Photonectes munificus" Gibbs, 1968.
** "Photonectes parvimanus" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
** "Photonectes phyllopogon" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
* Genus "Photostomias"
** "Photostomias guernei" Collett, 1889.
** "Photostomias mirabilis" (Parr, 1927).
* Genus "Rhadinesthes"
** "Rhadinesthes decimus" (Zugmayer, 1911).
* Genus "Stomias"
** Günther's boafish, "Stomias affinis" Günther, 1887.
** Black-belly dragonfish, "Stomias atriventer" Garman, 1899.
** Scaly dragonfish, "Stomias boa boa" (Risso, 1810).
** "Stomias boa colubrinus" Garman, 1899.
** Boa dragonfish, "Stomias boa ferox" Reinhardt, 1842.
** "Stomias brevibarbatus" (Parr, 1927).
** "Stomias danae" (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
** "Stomias gracilis" (Regan & Trewavas, 1930).
** "Stomias lampropeltis" Gibbs, 1969.
** "Stomias longibarbatus" (Brauer, 1902).
** Alcock's boafish, "Stomias nebulosus" Alcock, 1889.
* Genus "Tactostoma"
** Longfin dragonfish, "Tactostoma macropus" Bolin, 1939.
* Genus "Thysanactis"
** "Thysanactis dentex" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.
* Genus "Trigonolampa"
** Threelight dragonfish, "Trigonolampa miriceps" Regan & Trewavas, 1930.

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