Opostomias
Appearance
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 |
Opostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfish.
Species
[edit]There 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Opostomias". FishBase. February 2012 version.