Opostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfish.
Opostomias | |
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Obese dragonfish (O. micripnus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Stomiidae |
Subfamily: | Melanostomiinae |
Genus: | Opostomias Günther, 1887 |
Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878) (Obese dragonfish)
- Opostomias mitsuii S. Imai, 1941 (Pitgum lanternfish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Opostomias in FishBase. February 2012 version.