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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Astronesthinae
Genus: Borostomias

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)

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Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
 
Borostomias abyssorum
[]

Photo by Román Marcote, E.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)

Photo by Román Marcote, E.
 
Borostomias antarcticus
[Snaggletooth]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Borostomias elucens (Brauer, 1906)

Photo by JAMARC
 
Borostomias elucens
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 31 cm SL
Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)

Photo by JAMARC
 
Borostomias mononema
[Sickle snaggletooth]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Borostomias pacificus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Borostomias panamensis
[Panama snaggletooth]
6 Species of Family Stomiidae with Genus Borostomias
(Barbeled dragonfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1896 Borostomias abyssorum Northeast Atlantic 7.5 TL
1905 Borostomias antarcticus Snaggletooth Eastern Atlantic 30 SL
1906 Borostomias elucens Eastern Atlantic 35 SL
1929 Borostomias mononema Sickle snaggletooth Eastern Atlantic 31 SL
1941 Borostomias pacificus Northwest Pacific
1929 Borostomias panamensis Panama snaggletooth Eastern Pacific 30 TL



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013