''Photonectes'' is a

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fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

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family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Stomiidae Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes. They are quite small, usually around 15 cm, up to 26 cm. These fish are apex predators and have enormous jaws filled with fang-like teeth. They are ...

found in

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and

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Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Photonectes achirus ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * '' Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipen ...

Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri' ...

& Trewavas, 1930 * ''

Photonectes albipennis ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * '' Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipen ...

'' ( Döderlein ( de), 1882) (White-pen dragonfish) * '' Photonectes barnetti'' Klepadlo, 2011 Klepadlo, C. (2011): Three New Species of the Genus ''Photonectes'' (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the Pacific Ocean. ''Copeia, 2011 (2): 201-210.'' * ''

Photonectes braueri ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * ''Photonectes albipennis ...

'' ( Zugmayer, 1913) (Brauer's dragonfish) * ''

Photonectes caerulescens ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * '' Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipen ...

& Trewavas, 1930 (Bulb-less dragonfish) * ''

Photonectes coffea ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

'' Klepadlo, 2011 * ''

Photonectes cornutus ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

'' Beebe, 1933 * ''

Photonectes corynodes ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

'' Klepadlo, 2011 * ''

Photonectes dinema ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

& Trewavas, 1930 * ''

Photonectes gorodinskii ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

, 2015 Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): Data for the Revision of Subgenus ''Trachinostomias'' (Melanostomiidae: ''Photonectes''): Morphological Variability of ''P. margarita'' with Description of Two New Species. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 147-154.'' * ''

Photonectes gracilis ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Graceful dragonfish) *''

Photonectes klepadloae ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes albipenn ...

& Frable, 2021 * ''

Photonectes leucospilus ''Photonectes leucospilus'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species is distributed across the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It co ...

& Trewavas, 1930 * ''

Photonectes litvinovi ''Photonectes litvinovi'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from ...

, 2014 Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): New and Rare Species of Deepsea Pelagic Fishes of Families Opisthoproctidae, Melanostomiidae, Oneirodidae, and Linophrynidae. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (6): 377-383.'' * '' Photonectes margarita'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) * ''

Photonectes mirabilis ''Photonectes mirabilis'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species can be found in the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers app ...

'' A. E. Parr, 1927 (Blue-band dragonfish) * ''

Photonectes munificus ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Stomiidae found in Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Ch ...

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, 1968 * ''

Photonectes parvimanus ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * ''Photonectes albipenni ...

& Trewavas, 1930 (Fleshy-fin dragonfish) * ''

Photonectes paxtoni ''Photonectes'' is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Photonectes achirus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1930 * ''Photonectes albipenni ...

Flynn Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an anglicised form of the Irish ''Ó Floinn'', meaning "descendant of Flann" (a byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name. ...

& Klepadlo, 2012 Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C. (2012)
Two new species of ''Photonectes'' (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of ''P. achirus''.
''Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 69: 259–267.'' * ''

Photonectes phyllopogon ''Photonectes phyllopogon'' is a species of fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species is rarely seen, but has been documented in the Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . ...

& Trewavas, 1930 * ''

Photonectes uncinatus ''Photonectes uncinatus'' is a species of fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species has been documented in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil, and adults can reach a maximum size of ~25 centimeters. References

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Photonectes venetaenia ''Photonectes venetaenia'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends fro ...

, 2016 Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of the Genus ''Photonectes'' (Melanostomiidae) with Blue Luminous Tissue on the Body. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (4): 613–615.'' * ''

Photonectes waitti ''Photonectes waitti'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''Photonectes''. The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from th ...

& Klepadlo, 2012

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2530278 Stomiidae Bioluminescent fish Taxa named by Albert Günther Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera