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Stomiidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Stomiiformes
family
Stomiidae

Name

Synonyms
Astronesthidae
Chauliodontidae
Idiacanthidae
Malacosteidae
Melanostomiatidae
Melanostomiidae
Stomiatidae
Homonyms
Stomiidae
Common names
Dragonfishes in English
Peixes-dragões e afins in Portuguese
Peixes-lanterna-abissais in Portuguese
barbeled dragonfishes in English
barbeled dragonfishes in English
dragonfishes in English
dragonfishes in English
dragons à écailles in French
dragons à écailles in French
kitakalat in Finnish
lyhtykalat in Finnish
peces demonios in Spanish
peces demonios in Spanish
peces luminosos in Spanish
scaly dragonfishes in English
scaly dragonfishes in English
storkjeftfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
světelníkovití in Czech
světlonošovití in Czech
wężorowate in Polish
Стомиевые in Russian
Фотихтиевые in Russian
ปลาเขี้ยวกางตกเบ็ด ปลาหน้าผี ปลาเขี้ยวงู ปลาปากกว้างเรืองแสง ฯลฯ in Thai
ギンハダカ科 in Japanese
ワニトカゲギス科 in Japanese
巨口魚科 in Chinese
storkjeftfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
storkjeftfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ワニトカゲギス科 in Japanese
Barbeled dragonfishes in English
barbeled dragonfishes in English
scaly dragonfishes in English
storkjeftfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
storkjeftfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ワニトカゲギス科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Harold, A. S. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Stomiidae: Scaly dragonfishes. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1907-1908.
  6. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  12. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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