''Photonectes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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% ...

in the

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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

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

, Indian and

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Species

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

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

& Trewavas, 1930 (Bulb-less dragonfish) * '' Photonectes coffea'' Klepadlo, 2011 * '' Photonectes cornutus'' Beebe, 1933 * '' Photonectes corynodes'' Klepadlo, 2011 * '' Photonectes dinema''

& Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes gorodinskii''

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

& Frable, 2021 * '' Photonectes leucospilus''

& Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes litvinovi''

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

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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''

& Trewavas, 1930 * '' Photonectes uncinatus''

, 2015 * '' Photonectes venetaenia''

, 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''

& Klepadlo, 2012

References

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