Stomiidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes, stareaters and loosejaws.

Stomiids are generally elongated fish with black or near-black bodies, but they are highly variable in form, and are sometimes grouped into multiple different families as a result. The largest species are about 40 centimetres (15.7 in) in length, with most being about half that. Most species lack any scales, and have numerous small light-producing photophore

Photophore

A photophore is a light-emitting organ which appears as luminous spots on various marine animals, including fish and cephalopods. The organ can be simple, or as complex as the human eye; equipped with lenses, shutters, color filters and reflectors...

s scattered over their bodies. In some species, a larger photophore dangles from a barbel attached to the lower jaw, presumably as a lure to attract prey. Many species also have photophores attached to the pectoral fins, which are highly mobile, allowing the light to be moved about.

They are predators, eating smaller fish, and have greatly enlarged, fang-like, teeth. Their gut is heavily pigmented, so that any luminescent organs in their prey cannot shine through their bodies and attract larger predators.

Like many other deep-water fishes, stomiids produce buoyant eggs, that float up into the surface waters to hatch. The larvae live among the plankton

Plankton

Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...

 close to the surface, and only swim down to the depths when they begin to take on adult form. Some species are known to be able to change from male to female as they age, increasing their chances of finding a mate.

Species

There are 277 species in 27 genera:

• Genus Aristostomtias
  • Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer
    Erich Zugmayer
    Erich Johann Georg Zugmayer was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist-Species described by Zugmayer:* Benthalbella infans Zugmayer, 1911* Cetostoma regani Zugmayer, 1914...
    
    , 1913
  • Aristostomias lunifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Aristostomias polydactylus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Shiny loosejaw, Aristostomias scintillans (Gilbert, 1915)
  • Aristostomias tittmanni Welsh, 1923
  • Aristostomias xenostoma Regan & Trewavas, 1930
• Genus Astronesthes
  • Astronesthes atlanticus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes bilobatus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902
  • Astronesthes caulophorus Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
    
    , 1849)
  • Astronesthes cyaneus (Brauer, 1902)
  • Astronesthes cyclophotus Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes decoratus Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes dupliglandis Parin & Borodulina, 1997
  • Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes fedorovi Parin & Borodulina, 1994
  • Astronesthes formosana Liao et al., 2006
  • Astronesthes galapagensis Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
  • Snaggletooth, Astronesthes gemmifer Goode
    George Brown Goode
    George Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
    
     & Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
    
    , 1896
    
  • Astronesthes gibbsi Borodulina, 1992
  • Astronesthes gudrunae Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes haplophos Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes ijimai Tanaka, 1908
  • Astronesthes illuminatus Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
  • Astronesthes indicus Brauer, 1902
  • Astronesthes indopacificus Parin & Borodulina, 1997
  • Astronesthes karsteni Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes kreffti Gibbs & McKinney, 1988
  • Astronesthes lamellosus Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes lampara Parin & Borodulina, 1998
  • Astronesthes leucopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes longiceps Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes lucibucca Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Pacific astronesthid fish, Astronesthes lucifer Gilbert, 1905
  • Astronesthes luetkeni Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes lupina Whitley, 1941
  • Astronesthes macropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes martensii Klunzinger, 1871
  • Astronesthes micropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
  • Astronesthes neopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
  • Astronesthes niger Richardson
    John Richardson (naturalist)
    Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
    
    , 1845
  • Astronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
  • Astronesthes oligoa Parin & Borodulina, 2002
  • Astronesthes psychrolutes (Gibbs & Weitzman, 1965)
  • Astronesthes quasiindicus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey
    Felipe Poey
    -Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the...
    
    , 1852)
    
  • Astronesthes similus Parr, 1927
  • Astronesthes spatulifer Gibbs & McKinney, 1988
  • Astronesthes splendida Brauer, 1902
  • Astronesthes tanibe Parin & Borodulina, 2001
  • Astronesthes tatyanae Parin & Borodulina, 1998
  • Astronesthes tchuvasovi Parin & Borodulina, 1996
  • Astronesthes trifibulatus Gibbs, Amaoka & Haruta, 1984
  • Astronesthes zetgibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1997
  • Astronesthes zharovi Parin & Borodulina, 1998
• Genus Bathophilus
  • Bathophilus abarbatus Barnett & Gibbs, 1968
  • Bathophilus altipinnis Beebe, 1933
  • Bathophilus ater (Brauer, 1902)
  • Bathophilus brevis Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Bathophilus digitatus (Welsh, 1923)
  • Sparing, Bathophilus filifer (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Highfin dragonfish, Bathophilus flemingi Aron & McCrery, 1958
  • Bathophilus indicus (Brauer, 1902)
  • Bathophilus irregularis Norman, 1930
  • Bathophilus kingi Barnett & Gibbs, 1968
  • Bathophilus longipinnis (Pappenheim, 1914)
  • Scaleless dragonfish, Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882
    
  • Bathophilus pawneei Parr, 1927
  • Bathophilus proximus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Bathophilus schizochirus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)
• Genus Borostomias
  • Borostomias abyssorum (Koehler, 1896)
  • Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)
  • Borostomias elucens (Brauer, 1906)
  • Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Borostomias pacificus (Imai, 1941)
  • Panama snaggletooth, Borostomias panamensis Regan & Trewavas, 1929
• Genus Chauliodus
  • Chauliodus barbatus (Lowe, 1843)
  • Dana viperfish, Chauliodus danae
    Chauliodus danae
    Chauliodus danae, or dana viperfish, is a species of viperfish in the family Stomiidae. The Dana Viperfish is mostly found in the Bathyal zone....
    
    Regan & Trewavas, 1929
    
  • Chauliodus dentatus Garman, 1899
  • Pacific viperfish
    Pacific viperfish
    The Pacific viperfish, Chauliodus macouni, is a predatory fish that lives in the abyssal depths of the deep sea. In daytime it can be found from 200–5000 m below the ocean surface. At night it swims up into shallower depths of less than 200m where food is more plentiful. Pacific viperfish...
    
    , Chauliodus macouni Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
    
    , 1890
  • Chauliodus minimus Parin & Novikova, 1974
  • Chauliodus pammelas Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
    
    , 1892
  • Chauliodus schmidti (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Sloane's viperfish
    Sloane's viperfish
    Sloane's viperfish, Chauliodus sloani, is a dragonfish of the genus Chauliodus, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 2,500 m. Their length is between 20 and 35 cm....
    
    , Chauliodus sloani Bloch
    Marcus Elieser Bloch
    Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
    
     & Schneider
    Johann Gottlob Schneider
    Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
    
    , 1801
    
  • Chauliodus vasnetzovi
    Chauliodus vasnetzovi
    Chauliodus vasnetzovi is a deepwater species of the viperfish in the family Stomiidae, first discovered in 1972. It is generally found in the Bathypelagic zone in the Southeast Pacific near Chile and can grow to be up to 32.5cm in length....
    
    Novikova, 1972
• Genus Chirostomias
  • Chirostomias pliopterus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
• Genus Echiostoma
  • Echiostoma barbatum Lowe, 1843
    
• Genus Eupogonesthes
  • Eupogonesthes xenicus Parin & Borodulina, 1993
• Genus Eustomias
  • Eustomias achirus Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974
  • Eustomias acinosus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias aequatorialis Clarke, 1998
  • Eustomias albibulbus Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias appositus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias arborifer Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias australensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias austratlanticus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias bertelseni Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias bibulboides Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias bibulbosus Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias bifilis (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Eustomias bigelowi Welsh, 1923
  • Eustomias bimargaritatus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias bimargaritoides Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias binghami Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias bituberatus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias bituberoides Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias borealis Clarke, 2000
  • Eustomias braueri (Regan, 1908)
  • Eustomias brevibarbatus Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias bulbiramis Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias bulbornatus Gibbs, 1960
  • Eustomias cancriensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias cirritus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias contiguus Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias crossotus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias crucis Gibbs & Craddock, 1973
  • Eustomias cryptobulbus Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias curtatus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias curtifilis Clarke, 2000
  • Eustomias danae (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Eustomias decoratus (Parin & Borodulina, 2002)
  • Eustomias dendriticus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias deofamiliaris Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias digitatus (Welsh, 1923)
  • Eustomias dinema Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias dispar Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias dubius Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias elongatus Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias enbarbatus Welsh, 1923
  • Eustomias filifer (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Eustomias fissibarbis (Pappenheim, 1914)
  • Eustomias flagellifer Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias furcifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias gibbsi (Borodulina, 1992)
  • Eustomias grandibulbus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias hulleyi Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias hypopsilus Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias ignotus Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias inconstans Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias insularum Clarke, 1998
  • Eustomias intermedius Clarke, 1998
  • Eustomias interruptus Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias ioani Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974
  • Eustomias jimcraddocki
    Eustomias jimcraddocki
    Eustomias jimcraddocki is a species of abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found in the western North Atlantic. Eustomias jimcraddocki can grow to roughly the size of a hot dog....
    
    Sutton & Hartel, 2004
  • Eustomias kreffti (Gibbs & McKinney, 1988)
  • Eustomias lanceolatus Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias leptobolus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias lipochirus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias longibarba Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias longiramis Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias macronema Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias macrophthalmus (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Eustomias macrurus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias magnificus Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias medusa Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias melanonema Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias melanostigma Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias melanostigmoides Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias mesostenus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias metamelas Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias micraster Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias micropterygius Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias minimus (Parin & Novikova, 1974)
  • Eustomias monoclonoides Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias monoclonus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias monodactylus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias multifilis Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
  • Eustomias obscurus Vaillant
    Léon Vaillant
    Léon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology...
    
    , 1884
    
  • Eustomias orientalis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias pacificus (Imai, 1941)
  • Eustomias parini Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias parri Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias patulus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias paucifilis Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias paxtoni Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias perplexus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias pinnatus Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias polyaster Parr, 1927
  • Eustomias posti Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias precarius Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias problematicus Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias pyrifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias quadrifilis Gomon & Gibbs, 1985
  • Eustomias radicifilis Borodin, 1930
  • Eustomias satterleei Beebe, 1933
  • Eustomias schiffi Beebe, 1932
  • Eustomias schmidti
    Eustomias schmidti
    Eustomias schmidti, more commonly known as the scaleless dragonfish, is one of the many species included in the family of Stomiidae. Despite its small size, the scaleless dragonfish is a dangerous predator in the deep oceanic waters that uses its self-generated light to attract its...
    
    (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Eustomias silvescens Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias similis (Parr, 1927)
  • Eustomias simplex (Parr, 1927)
  • Eustomias spherulifer Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias suluensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias tenisoni Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias tetranema Zugmayer, 1913
  • Eustomias teuthidopsis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983
  • Eustomias tomentosis Clarke, 1998
  • Eustomias trewavasae
    Eustomias trewavasae
    Eustomias trewavasae is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to 1,500 m. Its length is up to 25 cm.-References:...
    
    Norman, 1930
  • Eustomias triramis Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias uniramis Clarke, 1999
  • Eustomias variabilis Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Eustomias vitiazi Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974
  • Eustomias vulgaris Clarke, 2001
  • Eustomias woollardi Clarke, 1998
  • Eustomias xenobolus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
• Genus Flagellostomias
  • Flagellostomias boureei (Zugmayer, 1913)
• Genus Grammatostomias
  • Grammatostomias circularis Morrow, 1959
  • Grammatostomias dentatus (Garman, 1899)
    
  • Grammatostomias flagellibarba Holt & Byrne, 1910
• Genus Heterophotus
  • Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929
• Genus Idiacanthus
  • Pacific blackdragon, Idiacanthus antrostomus Gilbert, 1890
  • Idiacanthus atlanticus
    Idiacanthus atlanticus
    Idiacanthus atlanticus is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found circumglobally in southern subtropical and temperate oceans between latitudes 25°S and 60°S, at depths down to 2,000 m...
    
    (Parin & Borodulina, 1996)
  • Ribbon sawtail fish
    Ribbon sawtail fish
    The ribbon sawtail fish, Idiacanthus fasciola, is a barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found around the world at depths over 500 m between latitudes 40° N and 54° S...
    
    , Idiacanthus fasciola Peters
    Wilhelm Peters
    Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
    
    , 1877
    
• Genus Leptostomias
  • Leptostomias analis Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Leptostomias bermudensis Beebe, 1932
  • Leptostomias bilobatus (Parin & Borodulina, 1996)
  • Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911)
  • Leptostomias gracilis Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Leptostomias haplocaulus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Leptostomias leptobolus (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
  • Leptostomias longibarba (Parr, 1927)
  • Long-threaded dragonfish, Leptostomias macronema (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
  • Leptostomias macropogon (Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970)
  • Leptostomias multifilis (Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978)
  • Leptostomias robustus Imai, 1941
• Genus Malacosteus
  • Southern stoplight loosejaw, Malacosteus australis Kenaley, 2007
  • Northern stoplight loosejaw, Malacosteus niger Ayres
    William Orville Ayres
    William Orville Ayres was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine....
    
    , 1848
    
• Genus Melanostomias
  • Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927
  • Melanostomias biseriatus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias globulifer Fowler, 1934
  • Melanostomias macrophotus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias margaritifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias melanopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Melanostomias melanops Brauer, 1902
  • Melanostomias niger (Richardson
    John Richardson (naturalist)
    Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
    
    , 1845)
  • Melanostomias nigroaxialis Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
  • Melanostomias paucilaternatus Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
  • Melanostomias pauciradius Matsubara, 1938
  • Melanostomias pollicifer Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
  • Melanostomias stewarti Fowler, 1934
  • Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
  • Valdivia black dragonfish, Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902
  • Melanostomias vierecki Fowler, 1934
• Genus Neonesthes
  • Neonesthes capensis
    Neonesthes capensis
    Neonesthes capensis is a lightfish of the family Stomiidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans except the north Pacific, at depths of between 70 and 1,500 meters...
    
    (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
  • Neonesthes microcephalus Norman, 1930
• Genus Odontostomias
  • Odontostomias masticopogon Norman, 1930
  • Odontostomias micropogon (Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970)
• Genus Opostomias
  • Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878)
    
  • Pitgum lanternfish, Opostomias mitsuii Imai, 1941
• Genus Pachystomias
  • Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)
    
• Genus Photonectes
  • Photonectes achirus (Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974)
  • Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882)
  • Photonectes barnetti Klepadlo, 2011
  • Photonectes braueri (Regan, 1908)
  • Photonectes caerulescens Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes coffea Klepadlo, 2011
  • Photonectes corynodes Klepadlo, 2011
  • Photonectes dinema (Clarke, 1999)
  • Photonectes gracilis (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
    
  • Photonectes leucospilus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes margarita (Goode
    George Brown Goode
    George Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
    
     & Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
    
    , 1896)
    
  • Photonectes mirabilis Parr, 1927
  • Photonectes munificus Gibbs, 1968
  • Photonectes parvimanus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes phyllopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930
• Genus Photostomias

• • Photostomias guernei Collett, 1889
    
  • Photostomias mirabilis (Parr, 1927)
• Genus Rhadinesthes
  • Rhadinesthes decimus (Zugmayer, 1911)
• Genus Stomias
  • Günther's boafish, Stomias affinis Günther, 1887
    
  • Black-belly dragonfish, Stomias atriventer Garman, 1899
  • Scaly dragonfish
    Scaly dragonfish
    The scaly dragonfish, Stomias boa boa, is a small abyssal barbeled dragonfish of the family Stomiidae, found worldwide in tropical to temperate oceans , apart from the north Pacific and northwest Atlantic Oceans, at depths of between 200 and 1,500 m...
    
    , Stomias boa boa (Risso
    Antoine Risso
    Giuseppe Antonio Risso , called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.Risso was born in Nice, County of Nice, a part of the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published , and . Risso's dolphin was named after him...
    
    , 1810)
    
  • Stomias boa colubrinus Garman, 1899
  • Boa dragonfish, Stomias boa ferox Reinhardt, 1842
    
  • Stomias brevibarbatus (Parr, 1927)
  • Stomias danae (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)
  • Stomias gracilis (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
  • Stomias lampropeltis Gibbs, 1969
  • Stomias longibarbatus (Brauer, 1902)
  • Alcock's boafish, Stomias nebulosus Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
    
    , 1889
• Genus Tactostoma
  • Longfin dragonfish, Tactostoma macropus Bolin, 1939
• Genus Thysanactis
  • Thysanactis dentex Regan & Trewavas, 1930
• Genus Trigonolampa
  • Threelight dragonfish, Trigonolampa miriceps Regan & Trewavas, 1930