dragonfish
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dragonfish (plural dragonfishes or dragonfish)
- Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
- Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae
Derived terms[edit]
- Antarctic dragonfish* (Bathydraconidae spp.)
- arrow dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus)
- Atlantic dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus)
- Australian dragonfish (Eustomias australensis)
- banshee dragonfish (Photonectes banshee)
- barbate dragonfish (Eustomias enbarbatus)
- barbeled dragonfish* (Stomiidae spp.)
- barbless dragonfish (Bathophilus abarbatus)
- bigbarb dragonfish (Eustomias macronema)
- black dragonfish (Idiacanthus spp., Bathophilus indicus)
- blackbelly dragonfish (Stomias atriventer)
- boa dragonfish (Stomias boa, Stomias ferox)
- Brauer's dragonfish (Photonectes braueri)
- brightchin dragonfish (Melanostomias globulifer)
- broomfin dragonfish (Thysanactis dentex)
- bulbless dragonfish (Photonectes caerulescens)
- common dragonfish (Eustomias vulgaris)
- Dannevig's dragonfish (Chauliodus sloani)
- deepsea dragonfish (Eustomias trewavasae)
- dendrobium dragonfish (Eustomias dendrobium)
- fangtooth dragonfish (Melanostomias niger)
- fleshyfin dragonfish (Photonectes parvimanus)
- graceful dragonfish (Photonectes gracilis)
- giant dragonfish (Bathysphaera intacta)
- grapevine dragonfish (Eustomias bulbornatus)
- hiddenbulb dragonfish (Eustomias cryptobulbus)
- highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi)
- honeycomb dragonfish (Stomias affinis)
- little dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
- longbarb dragonfish (Flagellostomias boureei)
- longfin dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus)
- long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans
- Mawson's dragonfish (Cygnodraco maesoni)
- multi-thread dragonfish (Eustomias multifilis)
- Noronha dragonfish (Melanostomias dio)
- obese dragonfish (Opostomias micripnus)
- Parin's dragonfish (Eustomias parini)
- Pawnee dragonfish (Bathophilus pawneei)
- proud dragonfish (Eustomia achirus)
- scaleless dragonfish* (Stomiidae spp.)
- scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa, S. affinis, S. ferox)
- Schmidt's dragonfish (Eustomias schmidti)
- sculptured dragonfish (Pegasus lancifer)
- short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
- smalltooth dragonfish (Pachystomias mirodon)
- spothead dragonfish (Melanostomias paucilaternatus)
- stamen dragonfish (Eustomias stamen)
- straightline dragonfish (Borostomias antarcticus)
- tentacle dragonfish (Melanostomias tentaculatus)
- threadfin dragonfish (Echiostoma barbatum)
- threelight dragonfish (Trigonolampa miriceps)
- three-tentacles dragonfish (Eustomias tritentaculatus)
- three-ray dragonfish (Melanostomias pauciradius)
- twinray dragonfish (Eustomia satterleei)
- twinthread dragonfish (Eustomias bifilis)
- Valdivia dragonfish (Melanostomias valdiveae)
- Vitiaz dragonfish (Eustomias vitiazi)
- whitepen dragonfish (Photonecter albipennis)
- winged dragonfish (Nathophils ater)
- yellowstem dragonfish (Eustomias macrurus)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
dragonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Stomiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Stomiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
