Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Stenopterygii
Ordo: Stomiiformes
Subordo: Gonostomatoidei
Familia: Stomiidae
Subfamilia: Malacosteinae
Genus: Photostomias
Species: P. atrox – P. goodyeari – P. guernei – P. liemi – P. lucingens – P. tantillux
Name
Photostomias Collett, 1889
Synonymy
Ultimostomias Beebe, 1933
References
Kenaley, C.P. Revision of Indo-Pacific species of the loosejaw dragonfish genus Photostomias (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae) „Copeia”. 1:175-189 (2009)
Photostomias atrox
Photostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. They are found worldwide.
Photostomias guernei showing bio-luminescent organ
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
Photostomias atrox (Alcock, 1890)
Photostomias goodyeari Kenaley & Hartel, 2005
Photostomias guernei Collett, 1889
Photostomias liemi Kenaley, 2009
Photostomias lucingens Kenaley, 2009
Photostomias tantillux Kenaley, 2009
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Photostomias in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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