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Class: Teleostei
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Melanostomiinae
Genus: Bathophilus

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18 species (see list below)
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Bathophilus abarbatus
[Barbless dragonfish]
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Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
 
Bathophilus altipinnis
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

South Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Bathophilus ater (Brauer, 1902)

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Bathophilus ater
[Winged dragonfish]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Bathophilus brevis Regan & Trewavas, 1930

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Bathophilus brevis
[]
No picture found
 
Bathophilus cwyanorum
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Bathophilus digitatus (Welsh, 1923)

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Bathophilus digitatus
[]

Photo by Beltrán-León, B.S./Raul Ríos Herrera

Southwest Pacific

Bathophilus filifer (Garman, 1899)

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Bathophilus filifer
[Sparing]

Photo by MBARI

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Bathophilus flemingi Aron & McCrery, 1958

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Bathophilus flemingi
[Highfin dragonfish]
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Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Bathophilus indicus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
 
Bathophilus irregularis
[]
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Bathophilus kingi
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Bathophilus longipinnis (Pappenheim, 1912)

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Bathophilus longipinnis
[]

Photo by Costa, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 12.2 cm SL
Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882

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Bathophilus nigerrimus
[Scaleless dragonfish]
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Bathophilus novicki
[]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 12.2 cm SL
Bathophilus pawneei Parr, 1927

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Bathophilus pawneei
[Pawnee dragonfish]
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Max. Length 5 cm
 
Bathophilus proximus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.3 cm SL
 
Bathophilus schizochirus
[]
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Max. Length 18 cm SL
 
Bathophilus vaillanti
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathophilus abarbatus Barbless dragonfish Southwest and Southeast P 1968
Bathophilus altipinnis Eastern Pacific 6.3 SL 1933
Bathophilus ater Winged dragonfish South Atlantic 15 SL 1902
Bathophilus brevis Eastern Atlantic 5.5 SL 1930
Bathophilus cwyanorum Western Indian Ocean and 1968
Bathophilus digitatus Eastern Atlantic 17 TL 1923
Bathophilus filifer Sparing Southwest Pacific 1899
Bathophilus flemingi Highfin dragonfish Eastern Pacific 16 TL 1958
Bathophilus indicus Indo-Pacific 9 TL 1902
Bathophilus irregularis South Atlantic 12.5 SL 1930
Bathophilus kingi Western Central Pacific 1968
Bathophilus longipinnis Eastern Atlantic 10.9 SL 1912
Bathophilus nigerrimus Scaleless dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 12.2 SL 1882
Bathophilus novicki Western Indian Ocean 1968
Bathophilus pawneei Pawnee dragonfish Eastern Atlantic 12.2 SL 1927
Bathophilus proximus Northwest Atlantic 5 1930
Bathophilus schizochirus Eastern Atlantic 10.3 SL 1930
Bathophilus vaillanti Eastern Atlantic 18 SL 1911



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