Stomiidae
Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes. They are quite small, usually around 15cm, up to 26cm.
Representative Species Gallery
- Astronesthes niger
- Bathophilus vaillanti
- Chauliodus danae
- Echiostoma barbatum
- Eustomias trewavasae
- Grammatostomias dentatus
- Idiacanthus atlanticus
- Malacosteus niger
- Melanostomias melanops
- Neonesthes capensis
- Opostomias micripnus
- Pachystomias microdon
- Photonectes gracilis
- Photostomias atrox
- Stomias nebulosus
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Stomiidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Review of the Astronesthid Fishes
- Malacosteus niger
- The Deep Sea ocean biology
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