Chirostomias
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Chirostomias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Stomiidae |
Subfamily: | Melanostomiinae |
Genus: | Chirostomias Regan & Trewavas, 1930 |
Species: | C. pliopterus
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Binomial name | |
Chirostomias pliopterus |
Chirostomias pliopterus is a species of barbeled dragonfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL. This species is the only described member of its genus. This scaleless dragonfish was also the first discovered life form to emit a red light, with the second being a siphonophore of the genus Erenna. Later, related Stomiid genera Aristostomias, Malacosteus and Pachystomias were also found to emit red light.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chirostomias pliopterus". FishBase. February 2012 version.