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Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Malacosteinae


(See list of species below)


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14 species (see list below)
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Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18.2 cm SL
Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913

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Aristostomias grimaldii
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Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Aristostomias lunifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930

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Aristostomias lunifer
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Aristostomias polydactylus Regan & Trewavas, 1930

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Aristostomias polydactylus
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Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Aristostomias scintillans
[Shiny loosejaw]
No picture found

Max. Length 21.5 cm SL
 
Aristostomias tittmanni
[Loosejaw]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Aristostomias xenostoma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.2 cm SL
 
Malacosteus australis
[Southern stoplight loosejaw]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Worldwide in all oceans f
Max. Length 25.6 cm TL
Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848

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Malacosteus niger
[Stoplight loosejaw]

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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Photo by Orlov, A.

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

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Photostomias guernei
[]

Photo by Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University

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

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Photostomias liemi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
 
Photostomias lucingens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Photostomias tantillux
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aristostomias grimaldii Eastern Atlantic 18.2 SL 1913
Aristostomias lunifer Eastern Atlantic 17 TL 1930
Aristostomias polydactylus Eastern Atlantic 22 TL 1930
Aristostomias scintillans Shiny loosejaw Eastern Pacific 23 TL 1915
Aristostomias tittmanni Loosejaw Eastern Atlantic 21.5 SL 1923
Aristostomias xenostoma Eastern Atlantic 15 TL 1930
Malacosteus australis Southern stoplight loosejaw Circumglobal 19.2 SL 2007
Malacosteus niger Stoplight loosejaw Worldwide in all oceans f 25.6 TL 1848
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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