Borostomias
Appearance
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Borostomias | |
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Borostomias antarcticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Stomiidae |
Subfamily: | Astronesthinae |
Genus: | Borostomias Regan, 1908 |
Borostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes.
The name derives from Greek βόρος (bóros, "glutton") and στομίας (stomías, "hard-mouthed horse").[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Borostomias abyssorum (Koehler (fr), 1896)
- Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905) (Snaggletooth)
- Borostomias elucens (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
- Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929) (Sickle snaggletooth)
- Borostomias pacificus (S. Imai, 1941)
- Borostomias panamensis Regan & Trewavas, 1929 (Panama snaggletooth)
References
[edit]- ^ "Borostomias antarcticus, Snaggletooth". www.fishbase.se.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Borostomias in FishBase. February 2012 version.