Dragonfishes and Allies
Stomiiformes
Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology. It includes, for example, dragonfishes, lightfishes (Gonostomatidae and Phosichthyidae), loosejaws, marine hatchetfishes and viperfishes. The order contains 4 families (5 according to some authors) with more than 50 genera and at least 410 species. As usual for deep-sea fishes, there are few common names for species of the order, but the Stomiiformes as a whole are often called dragonfishes and allies or simply stomiiforms.
8 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 464 known species
Dragonfishes
familyStomiidae
Marine Hatchetfishes
familySternoptychidae
Bristlemouths
familyGonostomatidae
Rendezvousfishes
familyYarrellidae
Lighthousefishes and stareyes
familyVinciguerriidae
portholefishes
familyDiplophidae
Lightfishes
familyPhosichthyidae
fireflyfishes
familyIchthyococcidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85547.