Stomiidae

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Stomiiformes; Stomiidae; Antarc*; Antarctic; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618893; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D143A59FFDA34F2FBD8DEC72E50

Family Stomiidae Stomias boa (Risso, 1810) —Scaly dragonfish 7 specimens were caught at depths between 728 and 914 m. Length data were available for 5 specimens ranging from 18 to 35 cm TL. Habitat and Distribution: meso- to bathypelagic at depth range 200–1,500 m, but may migrate to near-surface waters at night. Atlantic, Southeast Pacific and sub-Antarctic region of the Indian oceans and western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 —Sloane's viperfish 56 specimens were caught at depths between 715 and 1,685 m. Length data were available for 42 specimens ranging from 6 to 35 cm TL (23.3±7.1). Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic, depth range 400–2,800 m. Cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical zones of all oceans, from about 63° N to 50° S and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Photostomias guernei Collett, 1889 —Loosejaw (Fig. 11) 4 specimens were caught at depths between 847 and 866 m. Length data were available for 3 specimens ranging from 10 to 12 cm TL. Biometry and meristic: 107 mm TL, 99 mm SL; HL: 18.2; PO: 3.0; POL: 13.1; ED: 2.0; IOL: 4.0; PD: 84.8; LD: 12.1; PA: 83.8; LA: 13.1; PV: 46.5; LV: 42.4; H: 12.1; D: 22;A: 27. Photophores: OA: 37; IC: 55. Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic during daylight to epipelagic at night, at depth range 1,138–3,100 m. Amphi-Atlantic, in temperate and northern subtropical waters of the North Atlantic. Kenaley & Hartel (2005) reported this species south to 3º58'N in the eastern Atlantic, but Quéro et al. (2003) recorded this species in Portugal and south of Spain. The specimens captured in the Galicia Bank could constitute a new northern limit for this species in the eastern Atlantic. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LV (FishBase). Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927 —Scaleless black dragonfish 1 specimen was caught at a depth of 877 m. Biometry and meristic: 187 mm TL, 169 mm SL; HL: 14.2; BL: 18.9; H: 9.5; D: 13; A: 18; P: 5; V: 7. Photophores: PV: 24. Habitat and ...