Fish Identification: Find Species
Family: Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) (See list of species below)
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater): Select Country (optional)
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

284 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Aristostomias grimaldii
[]

Aristostomias lunifer
[]

Aristostomias polydactylus
[]

Astronesthes boulengeri
[Boulenger's snaggletooth]

Astronesthes caulophorus
[]

Astronesthes chrysophekadion
[]

Astronesthes cyaneus
[]

Astronesthes gemmifer
[Snaggletooth]

Astronesthes indicus
[Black snaggletooth]

Astronesthes lucifer
[Pacific astronesthid fish]

Astronesthes macropogon
[]

Astronesthes martensii
[]

Astronesthes niger
[]

Astronesthes richardsoni
[Richardson's snaggletooth]

Astronesthes similus
[]

Astronesthes trifibulatus
[Triplethread snaggletooth]

Bathophilus ater
[Winged dragonfish]

Bathophilus brevis
[]

Bathophilus digitatus
[]

Bathophilus filifer
[Sparing]

Bathophilus longipinnis
[]

Bathophilus nigerrimus
[Scaleless dragonfish]

Bathophilus pawneei
[Pawnee dragonfish]

Borostomias antarcticus
[Large-eye snaggletooth]

Borostomias elucens
[]

Borostomias mononema
[Sickle snaggletooth]

Chauliodus danae
[Dana viperfish]

Chauliodus macouni
[Pacific viperfish]

Chauliodus minimus
[]

Chauliodus sloani
[Sloane's viperfish]

Chauliodus vasnetzovi
[]

Echiostoma barbatum
[Threadfin dragonfish]

Eupogonesthes xenicus
[Exotic snaggletooth]

Eustomias filifer
[]

Eustomias fissibarbis
[]

Eustomias jimcraddocki
[]

Eustomias lipochirus
[]

Eustomias monodactylus
[]

Eustomias obscurus
[]

Eustomias patulus
[]

Eustomias schmidti
[Schmidt's dragonfish]

Eustomias trewavasae
[Deepsea dragonfish]

Flagellostomias boureei
[Longbarb dragonfish]

Grammatostomias dentatus
[]

Heterophotus ophistoma
[Wingfin snaggletooth]

Idiacanthus antrostomus
[Pacific blackdragon]

Idiacanthus atlanticus
[Black dragonfish]

Idiacanthus fasciola
[Ribbon sawtail fish]

Leptostomias gladiator
[]

Leptostomias gracilis
[]

Leptostomias robustus
[]

Malacosteus niger
[Northern stoplight loosejaw]

Melanostomias bartonbeani
[Scaleless black dragonfish]

Melanostomias biseriatus
[]

Melanostomias macrophotus
[]

Melanostomias melanops
[]

Melanostomias niger
[Fangtooth dragonfish]

Melanostomias valdiviae
[Valdivia black dragon fish]

Neonesthes capensis
[Cape snaggletooth]

Neonesthes microcephalus
[Smallhead snaggletooth]

Odontostomias masticopogon
[]

Opostomias micripnus
[Obese dragonfish]

Opostomias mitsuii
[Pitgum lanternfish]

Pachystomias microdon
[Smalltooth dragonfish]

Photonectes albipennis
[Whitepen dragonfish]

Photonectes braueri
[Brauer's dragonfish]

Photonectes gracilis
[Graceful dragonfish]

Photonectes leucospilus
[]

Photonectes margarita
[]

Photonectes parvimanus
[Fleshyfin dragonfish]

Photostomias atrox
[]

Photostomias goodyeari
[]

Photostomias guernei
[]

Photostomias liemi
[]

Rhadinesthes decimus
[Slender snaggletooth]

Stomias affinis
[Günther's boafish]

Stomias boa boa
[Scaly dragonfish]

Stomias brevibarbatus
[]

Stomias lampropeltis
[]

Stomias longibarbatus
[Longbarb scaly dragonfish]

Stomias nebulosus
[Alcock's boafish]

Thysanactis dentex
[Broomfin dragonfish]

Trigonolampa miriceps
[Threelight dragonfish]

Family - Search Result

284 Species of Family Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) Sort by Species Length
Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aristostomias grimaldii			18.2 SL
Aristostomias lunifer			17.0 TL
Aristostomias polydactylus			22.0 TL
Aristostomias scintillans	Shiny loosejaw		23.0 TL
Aristostomias tittmanni	Loosejaw		21.5 SL
Aristostomias xenostoma			15.0 TL
Astronesthes atlanticus			16.3 SL
Astronesthes bilobatus	Twinlobe snaggletooth		20.8 SL
Astronesthes boulengeri	Boulenger's snaggletooth		21.2 SL
Astronesthes caulophorus			26.2 SL
Astronesthes chrysophekadion			13.4 SL
Astronesthes cyaneus			10.8 SL 10.8 SL
Astronesthes cyclophotus			6.1 SL
Astronesthes decoratus
Astronesthes dupliglandis			7.2 SL
Astronesthes exsul	Exile snaggletooth
Astronesthes fedorovi
Astronesthes formosana			9.5 SL
Astronesthes galapagensis			18.3 SL
Astronesthes gemmifer	Snaggletooth		17.0 SL
Astronesthes gibbsi			7.1 SL
Astronesthes gudrunae
Astronesthes haplophos
Astronesthes ijimai	Ijima's snaggletooth		15.0 SL
Astronesthes illuminatus			15.5 SL 15.5 SL
Astronesthes indicus	Black snaggletooth		21.0 SL
Astronesthes indopacificus	Indo-Pacific snaggletooth		21.0 SL
Astronesthes karsteni
Astronesthes kreffti	Krefft's snaggletooth		24.58 SL
Astronesthes lamellosus			9.2 SL
Astronesthes lampara			13.4 SL
Astronesthes leucopogon			12.0 SL
Astronesthes longiceps			2.5 SL
Astronesthes lucibucca			10.0 SL
Astronesthes lucifer	Pacific astronesthid fish		12.0 SL
Astronesthes luetkeni			9.5 SL
Astronesthes lupina	Little wolf
Astronesthes macropogon			14.0 SL
Astronesthes martensii			14.0 TL
Astronesthes micropogon			8.2 SL
Astronesthes neopogon			19.2 SL
Astronesthes niger			16.0 SL
Astronesthes nigroides			12.8 SL
Astronesthes oligoa
Astronesthes psychrolutes	Temperate snaggletooth
Astronesthes quasiindicus			11.5 SL
Astronesthes richardsoni	Richardson's snaggletooth		15.9 SL
Astronesthes similus			15.0 SL
Astronesthes spatulifer
Astronesthes splendida	Splendid snaggletooth		12.0 SL
Astronesthes tanibe			15.1 SL
Astronesthes tatyanae			11.2 SL
Astronesthes tchuvasovi
Astronesthes trifibulatus	Triplethread snaggletooth		15.0 SL
Astronesthes zetgibbsi			10.3 SL
Astronesthes zharovi			11.0 SL
Bathophilus abarbatus	Barbless dragonfish
Bathophilus altipinnis
Bathophilus ater	Winged dragonfish		15.0 SL
Bathophilus brevis			5.5 SL
Bathophilus digitatus			17.0 TL
Bathophilus filifer	Sparing
Bathophilus flemingi	Highfin dragonfish		16.0 TL
Bathophilus indicus			9.0 TL
Bathophilus irregularis			12.5 SL
Bathophilus kingi
Bathophilus longipinnis			10.9 SL
Bathophilus nigerrimus	Scaleless dragonfish		12.2 SL
Bathophilus pawneei	Pawnee dragonfish		12.2 SL
Bathophilus proximus			5.0
Bathophilus schizochirus			10.3 SL
Bathophilus vaillanti			18.0 SL
Borostomias abyssorum			7.5 TL
Borostomias antarcticus	Large-eye snaggletooth		30.0 SL
Borostomias elucens			35.0 SL
Borostomias mononema	Sickle snaggletooth		31.0 SL
Borostomias pacificus
Borostomias panamensis	Panama snaggletooth		30.0 TL
Chauliodus barbatus			19.8 SL
Chauliodus danae	Dana viperfish		15.0 SL
Chauliodus dentatus
Chauliodus macouni	Pacific viperfish		25.4 SL
Chauliodus minimus			14.5 SL
Chauliodus pammelas			19.5 SL
Chauliodus schmidti			23.0 SL
Chauliodus sloani	Sloane's viperfish		35.0 SL
Chauliodus vasnetzovi			23.5 SL
Chirostomias pliopterus			20.5 SL
Echiostoma barbatum	Threadfin dragonfish		36.8 SL
Eupogonesthes xenicus	Exotic snaggletooth		11.35 SL
Eustomias achirus	Proud dragonfish		16.7 SL
Eustomias acinosus			18.5 SL
Eustomias aequatorialis			12.9 SL
Eustomias albibulbus			14.4 SL
Eustomias appositus			13.6 SL
Eustomias arborifer			25.3 SL
Eustomias australensis	Australian dragonfish		8.7 SL
Eustomias austratlanticus			15.63 SL
Eustomias bertelseni			9.3 SL
Eustomias bibulboides			14.5 SL
Eustomias bibulbosus			15.0 SL
Eustomias bifilis	Twinthread dragonfish
Eustomias bigelowi			19.8 SL
Eustomias bimargaritatus			20.0 SL
Eustomias bimargaritoides			12.6 SL
Eustomias binghami			14.4 SL
Eustomias bituberatus			13.3 SL
Eustomias bituberoides			14.1 SL
Eustomias borealis			16.5 SL
Eustomias braueri			13.5 SL
Eustomias brevibarbatus			14.9 SL
Eustomias bulbiramis			11.2 SL
Eustomias bulbornatus	Grapevine dragonfish		16.0 TL
Eustomias cancriensis			17.5 SL
Eustomias cirritus			21.4
Eustomias contiguus
Eustomias crossotus			15.37 SL
Eustomias crucis
Eustomias cryptobulbus	Hiddenbulb dragonfish		16.5 SL
Eustomias curtatus			15.3 SL
Eustomias curtifilis			16.6 SL
Eustomias danae			12.2 SL
Eustomias decoratus
Eustomias dendriticus			12.9 SL
Eustomias deofamiliaris			10.88 SL
Eustomias digitatus
Eustomias dinema			14.8 SL
Eustomias dispar
Eustomias dubius			13.13 SL
Eustomias elongatus			13.4 SL
Eustomias enbarbatus	Barbate dragonfish		21.4 SL
Eustomias filifer			23.2 SL
Eustomias fissibarbis			19.3 SL
Eustomias flagellifer			9.0 SL
Eustomias furcifer			20.7 SL
Eustomias gibbsi			15.62 SL
Eustomias grandibulbus			16.0 TL
Eustomias hulleyi
Eustomias hypopsilus			16.4 SL
Eustomias ignotus
Eustomias inconstans			16.4 SL
Eustomias insularum
Eustomias intermedius
Eustomias interruptus			12.1 SL 12.1 SL
Eustomias ioani			9.7 SL
Eustomias jimcraddocki			14.33 SL
Eustomias kreffti			12.5 SL
Eustomias lanceolatus			11.5 SL
Eustomias leptobolus
Eustomias lipochirus			23.8 SL
Eustomias longibarba			18.8 SL
Eustomias longiramis			16.3 SL
Eustomias macronema	Bigbarb dragonfish		17.2 SL
Eustomias macrophthalmus			11.1 SL
Eustomias macrurus	Yellowstem dragonfish		27.6 SL
Eustomias magnificus			19.8 SL
Eustomias medusa			15.2 SL
Eustomias melanonema			14.78 SL
Eustomias melanostigma			13.6 SL
Eustomias melanostigmoides			16.5 SL
Eustomias mesostenus			9.5 SL
Eustomias metamelas
Eustomias micraster			22.35 SL
Eustomias micropterygius
Eustomias minimus			8.6 SL
Eustomias monoclonoides			12.9 SL
Eustomias monoclonus			15.3 SL
Eustomias monodactylus			20.7 SL
Eustomias multifilis	Multi-thread dragonfish		14.45 SL
Eustomias obscurus			22.5 SL
Eustomias orientalis			16.0 SL
Eustomias pacificus			15.7 SL
Eustomias parini	Parin's dragonfish		10.1 SL
Eustomias parri
Eustomias patulus			13.3 SL
Eustomias paucifilis			16.9 SL
Eustomias paxtoni			20.7 SL
Eustomias perplexus			14.7 SL
Eustomias pinnatus			11.9 SL
Eustomias polyaster			14.2 SL
Eustomias posti			15.63 SL
Eustomias precarius
Eustomias problematicus			13.8 SL
Eustomias pyrifer
Eustomias quadrifilis
Eustomias radicifilis
Eustomias satterleei	Twinray dragonfish		17.7 SL
Eustomias schiffi
Eustomias schmidti	Schmidt's dragonfish		21.2 SL
Eustomias silvescens			11.0 SL
Eustomias similis			11.8 SL
Eustomias simplex			22.4 SL
Eustomias spherulifer			16.5 SL
Eustomias suluensis			13.83 SL
Eustomias tenisoni			18.7 SL
Eustomias tetranema			15.0 SL
Eustomias teuthidopsis			19.07 SL
Eustomias tomentosis
Eustomias trewavasae	Deepsea dragonfish		26.0 TL
Eustomias triramis			11.2 SL
Eustomias uniramis			18.9 SL
Eustomias variabilis			14.5 SL
Eustomias vitiazi	Vitiaz dragonfish		15.8 SL
Eustomias vulgaris	Common dragonfish		19.0 SL
Eustomias woollardi			12.7 SL
Eustomias xenobolus			17.0 SL
Flagellostomias boureei	Longbarb dragonfish		32.2 SL
Grammatostomias circularis			13.6 SL
Grammatostomias dentatus			15.9 SL
Grammatostomias flagellibarba
Heterophotus ophistoma	Wingfin snaggletooth		35.6 SL
Idiacanthus antrostomus	Pacific blackdragon		38.0 TL
Idiacanthus atlanticus	Black dragonfish		53.0 SL
Idiacanthus fasciola	Ribbon sawtail fish		48.9 SL
Leptostomias analis
Leptostomias bermudensis			26.7 SL
Leptostomias bilobatus			11.0 SL
Leptostomias gladiator			37.3 SL
Leptostomias gracilis			38.0 SL
Leptostomias haplocaulus			37.6 SL
Leptostomias leptobolus			11.5 SL
Leptostomias longibarba			32.5 SL
Leptostomias macronema	Long-threaded dragon fish
Leptostomias macropogon
Leptostomias multifilis			19.0 SL
Leptostomias robustus			33.0 SL
Malacosteus australis	Southern stoplight loosejaw		19.24 SL
Malacosteus niger	Northern stoplight loosejaw		25.6 TL
Melanostomias bartonbeani	Scaleless black dragonfish		26.2 SL
Melanostomias biseriatus			25.0 SL
Melanostomias globulifer	Brightchin dragonfish
Melanostomias macrophotus			23.0 SL
Melanostomias margaritifer			8.0 SL
Melanostomias melanopogon			15.3 SL
Melanostomias melanops			26.0 SL
Melanostomias niger	Fangtooth dragonfish		26.0 TL
Melanostomias nigroaxialis
Melanostomias paucilaternatus	Spothead dragonfish		20.1 SL
Melanostomias pauciradius	Three-ray dragonfish
Melanostomias pollicifer
Melanostomias stewarti
Melanostomias tentaculatus	Tentacle dragonfish		24.0 SL
Melanostomias valdiviae	Valdivia black dragon fish		24.1 TL
Melanostomias vierecki
Neonesthes capensis	Cape snaggletooth		17.0 SL
Neonesthes microcephalus	Smallhead snaggletooth		17.2 SL
Odontostomias masticopogon			20.0 TL
Odontostomias micropogon			29.5 SL
Opostomias micripnus	Obese dragonfish		50.0 TL
Opostomias mitsuii	Pitgum lanternfish		36.0 SL
Pachystomias microdon	Smalltooth dragonfish		22.1 SL
Photonectes achirus			6.2 SL
Photonectes albipennis	Whitepen dragonfish		30.0 SL
Photonectes braueri	Brauer's dragonfish		28.2 SL
Photonectes caerulescens	Bulbless dragonfish		15.0 SL
Photonectes dinema			25.0 SL
Photonectes gracilis	Graceful dragonfish		20.8 SL
Photonectes leucospilus			20.4 SL
Photonectes margarita			39.6 SL
Photonectes mirabilis	Blueband dragonfish		16.4 SL
Photonectes munificus
Photonectes parvimanus	Fleshyfin dragonfish		24.5 SL
Photonectes phyllopogon			10.0 SL
Photostomias atrox			15.4 SL
Photostomias goodyeari			17.5 SL
Photostomias guernei			16.0 TL
Photostomias liemi			14.26 SL
Photostomias lucingens			10.9 SL
Photostomias tantillux			10.073 SL
Rhadinesthes decimus	Slender snaggletooth		41.0 SL
Stomias affinis	Günther's boafish		21.9 SL
Stomias atriventer	Black-belly dragonfish		25.0 TL
Stomias boa boa	Scaly dragonfish		32.2 SL
Stomias boa colubrinus			40.0 SL
Stomias boa ferox	Boa dragonfish		30.0 SL
Stomias brevibarbatus			20.4 SL
Stomias danae
Stomias gracilis			29.0 SL
Stomias lampropeltis			29.7 SL
Stomias longibarbatus	Longbarb scaly dragonfish		43.0 SL
Stomias nebulosus	Alcock's boafish		18.0 TL
Tactostoma macropus	Longfin dragonfish		34.3 TL
Thysanactis dentex	Broomfin dragonfish		18.0 SL
Trigonolampa miriceps	Threelight dragonfish		32.0 SL

Page created by Eli, last modified by Eli, 30.11.04