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Class: Teleostei
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Malacosteinae
Genus: Photostomias

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)
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Photo by Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University

Circumtropicam
Max. Length 15.4 cm SL
Photostomias atrox (Alcock, 1890)

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Photostomias atrox
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Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
Photostomias goodyeari Kenaley & Hartel, 2005

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Photostomias goodyeari
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Western Atlantic
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Photostomias guernei Collett, 1889

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Photostomias guernei
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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
Photostomias liemi Kenaley, 2009

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Photostomias liemi
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Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Photostomias lucingens
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Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Photostomias tantillux
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
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



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