Dragonfish
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Other fish called Dragonfish
- Barbeled dragonfish, small bioluminescentBioluminescenceBioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. Its name is a hybrid word, originating from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence is a naturally occurring form of chemiluminescence where energy is released by a chemical reaction in...
deep-sea stomiiform fish of the familyFamily (biology)In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
StomiidaeStomiidaeStomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes, stareaters and loosejaws.Stomiids are generally elongated fish with black or near-black bodies, but they are highly variable in form, and are sometimes grouped into multiple different families as a result. The... - ArowanaArowanaArowanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, also known as bonytongues. In this family of fishes, the head is bony and the elongate body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the...
, large freshwater osteoglossiform fish of the family Osteoglossidae - LionfishLionfishLionfish may refer to:* genus Pterois, collectively known as the lionfish* Red Lionfish , a significant invasive species off the East Coast of North America and in the Caribbean-Fish:...
, showy, venomochodeus marine scorpaeniform fish of the generaGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
PteroisPteroisPterois is a genus of venomous marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific, known collectively as the lionfish. Pterois is characterized by red, white and black stripes, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky tentacles. Pterois are classified into fifteen different species, but Pterois radiata,...
and DendrochirusDendrochirusDendrochirus is a genus of marine fish that are mostly known as dwarf lionfishes. The Fu Manchu, Dwarf Zebra, and Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish are members of this genus. They are also popular aquarium fish....
, family Scorpaenidae - Several species of Seamoths, small gasterosteiform fish of the family PegasidaePegasidaeThe seamoths are a family, the Pegasidae, of fish found in coastal tropical waters.They are distinguished by flattened bodies, the presence of large, wing-like, pectoral fins, and a body encased in thick, bony plates. Most species also have an elongated snout in front of their jaws...
- Violet GobyViolet gobyThe violet goby, Gobioides broussonnetii, is a member of the family Gobiidae of the order Perciformes. It is native to brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America. Its commercial trade name is Dragon Goby or Dragon Fish...
, an eel-like brackish-water fish, also known as a Dragon Goby