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    Species Accepted

    Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902

    Valdivia Black Dragon Fish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Peixe-dragão-da-Valdivia Portuguese
      Valdivia Black Dragon Fish English
      Valdivia Dragonfish English
      pestrosvítivec mořský Czech
      raitapiikkisuu Finnish
      Меланостомия-вальдивия Russian
      バルディビアホシエソ Japanese
      巨口魚 Chinese
      瓦氏黑巨口魚 Chinese

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.). (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores, 432 pp. Chapter 14: Lista de invertebrados marinhos costeiros. Ed A.C. Costa. in Princípia, Oeiras, pp. 287-324. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149079
      King, C. M., Roberts, C. D., Bell, B. D., Fordyce, R. E., Nicoll, R. S., Worthy, T. H., Paulin, C. D., Hitchmough, R. A., Keyes, I. W., Baker, A. N., Stewart, A. L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R. M., Holdaway, R. N., McPhee, R. P., Schwarzhans, W. W., Tennyson, A. J. D., Rust, S., & Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia, pp. 431–554. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=132602
      Regan, C. T.; Trewavas E. (1930). The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports, 2. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=432788
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Brauer, A. (1902). Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger, v. 25 (no. 668): 277–298. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=431472
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      van der Land, J., Costello, M. J., Zavodnik, D., Santos, R. S., Porteiro, F. M., Bailly, N., Eschmeyer, W. N., & Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686

      Citation

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