Stomiiformes

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Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse morphology. It includes for example dragonfishes, lightfishes, loosejaws, marine hatchetfishes and viperfishes. The order contains 4 families (5 according to some authors) with more than 50 genera and almost 400 species.

As usual for deep-sea fishes, there are few common names for species of the order, but the Stomiiformes as a whole are often called dragonfishes and allies or simply stomiiforms.

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Aristostomias grimaldii Black dragon Black loosejaw
Longfin dragonfish Lovely hatchetfish Pacific viperfish
Silver Hatchetfish Sloane's viperfish Smalltooth dragonfish
Spiny hatchetfish

Unidentified Stomiiformes