Melanostomias

Classification

Genus: Melanostomias
Family: Stomiidae - Barbeled dragonfishes
Order: Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Species

Scaleless black dragonfish
(Melanostomias bartonbeani)

Valdivia black dragon fish
(Melanostomias valdiviae)

Tentacle dragonfish
(Melanostomias tentaculatus)

Melanostomias stewarti

Melanostomias pollicifer

Three-ray dragonfish
(Melanostomias pauciradius)

Spothead dragonfish
(Melanostomias paucilaternatus)

Melanostomias nigroaxialis

Fangtooth dragonfish
(Melanostomias niger)

Melanostomias melanops

Melanostomias melanopogon

Melanostomias margaritifer

Melanostomias macrophotus

Brightchin dragonfish
(Melanostomias globulifer)

Melanostomias biseriatus

Melanostomias vierecki

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