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Stomiidae
Longbarb scaly dragonfish
Stomias longibarbatus
Photophores feature a bronze border
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Southern Hemisphere
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
MediumLongbarb scaly dragonfish is a marine fish recorded from ocean habitats. A concise clue to the species is: Photophores feature a bronze border.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Stomias
- Maximum length
- 43 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Democratic Republic of the Congo; Namibia to South Africa. Western Atlantic: USA to Gulf of Mexico; Brazil to Argentina. Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 ), Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Indian Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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