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Scaly Dragonfishes
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Scaly Dragonfishes

Stomias

Stomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. They live in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and show diel vertical migration and sexual dimorphism (males are smaller, have larger eyes and larger postorbital photophores than females.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species

Boa Dragonfish

speciesStomias boa

Black-belly Dragonfish

speciesStomias atriventer

Honeycomb Scaly Dragonfish

speciesStomias affinis

Stomias danae

speciesStomias danae

Alcock's Boafish

speciesStomias nebulosus

Stomias hexagonatus

speciesStomias hexagonatus

Shortbarbel Dragonfish

speciesStomias brevibarbatus

Shieldskin Dragonfish

speciesStomias lampropeltis

Stomias colubrinus

speciesStomias colubrinus

Longbarb Scaly Dragonfish

speciesStomias longibarbatus

Stomias gracilis

speciesStomias gracilis

Nipponic Dragonfish

speciesStomias pacificus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92265.