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Stomias
Sign in to saveStomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. They live in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and show diel vertical migration and sexual dimorphism (males are smaller, have larger eyes and larger postorbital photophores than females. thumb|Alcock's boafish, S. nebulosus
Species
ワニトカゲギス ［ホソワニトカゲギス］属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStomiiformes
- FamilyStomiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 351
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Collections
- UWFC, UMMZ, NHMUK, TCWC, YPM, SIO
- Recorded in
- United States, North Atlantic, Western Sahara, Portugal, Spain, Bahamas, Taiwan, Peru
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Stomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. They live in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and show diel vertical migration and sexual dimorphism (males are smaller, have larger eyes and larger postorbital photophores than females. thumb|Alcock's boafish, S. nebulosus
==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Stomias affinis Günther, 1887 (Günther's boafish) Stomias atriventer Garman, 1899 (Black-belly dragonfish) Stomias boa (A. Risso, 1810) Stomias boa boa (A. Risso, 1810) (Boa dragonfish) Stomias boa colubrinus Garman, 1899 Stomias boa ferox J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1842 Stomias brevibarbatus Ege, 1918 Stomias danae Ege, 1933 Stomias gracilis Garman, 1899 Stomias lampropeltis Gibbs, 1969 Stomias longibarbatus (A. B. Brauer, 1902) (Longbarb scaly dragonfish) Stomias nebulosus Alcock, 1889 (Alcock's boafish)
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