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Stomiidae
Black dragonfish
Bathophilus indicus
Elongated Stomiid Fish from Indo Pacific
Black dragonfish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 9 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Bathophilus
- Maximum length
- 9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Mozambique Channel almost to 30°S, off Durban, South Africa and off Dampier, Western Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

