''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:
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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 ...
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( Günther, 1878) (Obese dragonfish)
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Opostomias mitsuii''
S. Imai, 1941 (Pitgum lanternfish)
References
Stomiidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Ray-finned fish genera
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