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

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29 species (see list below)
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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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