Graceful dragonfish

Photonectes gracilis

Stomiid Fish from Eight Hundred Fifty Meters

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Medium

Graceful dragonfish is a marine fish of Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific. The species occupies deep water. The largest recorded length is 20.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Photonectes
Water type: Marine
Body shape: elongated