Stomiidae

Scaleless dragonfish

Bathophilus vaillanti

Eighteen Centimeters Stomiid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Europe
• North America
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Medium

Bathophilus vaillanti is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. The species has been documented in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~18 centimeters.