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Class: Teleostei
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Melanostomiinae
Genus: Photonectes

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29 species
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Max. Length 8.7 cm SL

 
Photonectes achirus
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882)

Photo by Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Photonectes albipennis
[Whitepen dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm SL

 
Photonectes banshee
[Banshee dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm SL

 
Photonectes barnetti
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 28.2 cm SL
Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913)

Photo by Photo by JAMARC
 
Photonectes braueri
[Brauer's dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm SL

 
Photonectes caerulescens
[Bulbless dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.9 cm SL

 
Photonectes coffea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm SL

 
Photonectes cornutus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm SL

 
Photonectes corynodes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm SL

 
Photonectes cyanogrammicus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm SL

 
Photonectes dinema
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.7 cm SL

 
Photonectes distichodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 23.5 cm SL

 
Photonectes filipendulus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm SL

 
Photonectes gorodinskii
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Eastern Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 20.8 cm SL
Photonectes gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896

Photo by Photo by JAMARC
 
Photonectes gracilis
[Graceful dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.9 cm SL

 
Photonectes klepadloae
[]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20.4 cm SL
Photonectes leucospilus Regan & Trewavas, 1930

Photo by Photo by Reiner, F.
 
Photonectes leucospilus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm SL

 
Photonectes litvinovi
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 39.6 cm SL
Photonectes margarita (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Photo by Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Photonectes margarita
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.4 cm SL

 
Photonectes mirabilis
[Blueband dragonfish]
No picture found


 
Photonectes munificus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 24.5 cm SL
Photonectes parvimanus Regan & Trewavas, 1930

Photo by Photo by SFSA
 
Photonectes parvimanus
[Fleshyfin dragonfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SL

 
Photonectes paxtoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SL

 
Photonectes phyllopogon
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No picture found

Max. Length 18.9 cm SL

 
Photonectes sphaerolampas
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No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm SL

 
Photonectes uncinatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.9 cm SL

 
Photonectes venetaenia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm SL

 
Photonectes waitti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.8 cm SL

 
Photonectes xenopogon
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Photonectes achirus Northwest Atlantic 8.7 SL 1930
Photonectes albipennis Whitepen dragonfish Western Pacific 30 SL 1882
Photonectes banshee Banshee dragonfish Northwest Pacific 12.5 SL 2019
Photonectes barnetti Pacific Ocean 4.2 SL 2011
Photonectes braueri Brauer's dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 28.2 SL 1913
Photonectes caerulescens Bulbless dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 15 SL 1930
Photonectes coffea Pacific Ocean 14.9 SL 2011
Photonectes cornutus Western Central Atlantic 1.9 SL 1933
Photonectes corynodes Eastern Pacific Ocean 2.4 SL 2011
Photonectes cyanogrammicus Equatorial Western Pacifi 14 SL 2019
Photonectes dinema Eastern Atlantic 25 SL 1930
Photonectes distichodon Eastern Indian Ocean. 16.7 SL 2019
Photonectes filipendulus Eastern Pacific Ocean 23.5 SL 2019
Photonectes gorodinskii Pacific Ocean. 18 SL 2015
Photonectes gracilis Graceful dragonfish Eastern Indian Ocean and 20.8 SL 1896
Photonectes klepadloae Eastern Central Pacific 11.9 SL 2021
Photonectes leucospilus Eastern Atlantic 20.4 SL 1930
Photonectes litvinovi Western Central Pacific 15 SL 2014
Photonectes margarita Circumglobal. 39.6 SL 1896
Photonectes mirabilis Blueband dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 16.4 SL 1927
Photonectes munificus Southeast Pacific 1968
Photonectes parvimanus Fleshyfin dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 24.5 SL 1930
Photonectes paxtoni Western Pacific Ocean; P 2.3 SL 2012
Photonectes phyllopogon Eastern Atlantic 10 SL 1930
Photonectes sphaerolampas Equatorial Western and Ce 18.9 SL 2019
Photonectes uncinatus Southern Atlantic 25 SL 2015
Photonectes venetaenia Western Pacific Ocean 8.9 SL 2016
Photonectes waitti Indo-Pacific 7.4 SL 2012
Photonectes xenopogon Western Central Pacific. 16.8 SL 2019



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