Biology:Photonectes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Photonectes
Photonectes gracilis.jpg
Photonectes gracilis
Photonectes margarita.jpg
Photonectes margarita
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Subfamily: Melanostomiinae
Genus: Photonectes
Günther, 1887

Photonectes is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

  • Photonectes achirus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein (de), 1882) (White-pen dragonfish)
  • Photonectes barnetti Klepadlo, 2011 [1]
  • Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913) (Brauer's dragonfish)
  • Photonectes caerulescens Regan & Trewavas, 1930 (Bulb-less dragonfish)
  • Photonectes coffea Klepadlo, 2011 [1]
  • Photonectes cornutus Beebe, 1933 [2]
  • Photonectes corynodes Klepadlo, 2011 [1]
  • Photonectes dinema Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes gorodinskii Prokofiev, 2015 [3]
  • Photonectes gracilis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Graceful dragonfish)
  • Photonectes klepadloae Prokofiev & Frable, 2021 [4]
  • Photonectes leucospilus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes litvinovi Prokofiev, 2014 [2]
  • Photonectes margarita (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
  • Photonectes mirabilis A. E. Parr, 1927 (Blue-band dragonfish)
  • Photonectes munificus Gibbs, 1968
  • Photonectes parvimanus Regan & Trewavas, 1930 (Fleshy-fin dragonfish)
  • Photonectes paxtoni Flynn & Klepadlo, 2012 [5]
  • Photonectes phyllopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930
  • Photonectes uncinatus Prokofiev, 2015 [3]
  • Photonectes venetaenia Prokofiev, 2016 [6]
  • Photonectes waitti Flynn & Klepadlo, 2012 [5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Klepadlo, C. (2011): Three New Species of the Genus Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the Pacific Ocean. Copeia, 2011 (2): 201-210.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): New and Rare Species of Deepsea Pelagic Fishes of Families Opisthoproctidae, Melanostomiidae, Oneirodidae, and Linophrynidae. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (6): 377-383.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): Data for the Revision of Subgenus Trachinostomias (Melanostomiidae: Photonectes): Morphological Variability of P. margarita with Description of Two New Species. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 147-154.
  4. M. Prokofiev, Artem; W. Frable, Benjamin (1 September 2021). "A New Species of Photonectes from the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii with a Revised Identification Key for the Genus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae)". Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (3): 720–727. doi:10.1643/i2020148. ISSN 2766-1512. https://meridian.allenpress.com/copeia/article-abstract/109/3/720/469663/A-New-Species-of-Photonectes-from-the-Pacific. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C. (2012): Two new species of Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of P. achirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 69: 259–267.
  6. Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of the Genus Photonectes (Melanostomiidae) with Blue Luminous Tissue on the Body. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (4): 613–615.

Wikidata ☰ Q2530278 entry