Opostomias Micripnus1
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''Opostomias'' is a genus of
barbeled dragonfish Stomiidae is a family (biology), family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes, that live in all oceans in a wide range of depths. They are quite small, usually around 15 cm, up to 26 cm, and they exhibit a st ...
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Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''
Opostomias micripnus ''Opostomias micripnus'', commonly known as the obese dragonfish, is a species of Deep-sea fish, deep-sea ray-finned fish of the Family (biology), family Stomiidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
'' ( Günther, 1878) (Obese dragonfish) * '' Opostomias mitsuii'' S. Imai, 1941 (Pitgum lanternfish)


References

Stomiidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther Ray-finned fish genera {{Stomiiformes-stub