Kingdom Animalia Family Stomiidae Rank Species | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Stomiiformes | |
Genus Chirostomias
Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Similar Bathophilus, Astronesthes niger, Bathophilus pawneei, Stomiiformes | ||
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. The scaleless dragonfish is also the first discovered lifeform to emit a red light, with the only other being a siphonophore of the genus Erenna.
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