# dragonfish
## English

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### Etymology

From dragon +‎ fish.

### Noun

dragonfish (plural dragonfishes or dragonfish)
* Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
* Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
** Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
** Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
** Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
** Any fossil fish of genus †Draconichthys.
** Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
** Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
** Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).

#### Derived terms

* Antarctic dragonfish* (Bathydraconidae spp.)
* arrow dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus)
* Atlantic dragonfish (Idiacanthus atlanticus)
* Australian dragonfish (Eustomias australensis)
* banshee dragonfish (Photonectes banshee)
* barbate dragonfish (Eustomias enbarbatus)
* barbeled dragonfish* (Stomiidae spp.)
* barbless dragonfish (Bathophilus abarbatus)
* bigbarb dragonfish (Eustomias macronema)
* black dragonfish (Idiacanthus spp., Bathophilus indicus)
* blackbelly dragonfish (Stomias atriventer)
* boa dragonfish (Stomias boa, Stomias ferox)
* Brauer's dragonfish (Photonectes braueri)
* brightchin dragonfish (Melanostomias globulifer)
* broomfin dragonfish (Thysanactis dentex)
* bulbless dragonfish (Photonectes caerulescens)
* common dragonfish (Eustomias vulgaris)
* Dannevig's dragonfish (Chauliodus sloani)
* deepsea dragonfish (Eustomias trewavasae)
* dendrobium dragonfish (Eustomias dendrobium)
* fangtooth dragonfish (Melanostomias niger)
* fleshyfin dragonfish (Photonectes parvimanus)
* graceful dragonfish (Photonectes gracilis)
* giant dragonfish (Bathysphaera intacta)
* grapevine dragonfish (Eustomias bulbornatus)
* hiddenbulb dragonfish (Eustomias cryptobulbus)
* highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi)
* honeycomb dragonfish (Stomias affinis)
* little dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
* longbarb dragonfish (Flagellostomias boureei)
* longfin dragonfish (Tactostoma macropus)
* long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans
* Mawson's dragonfish (Cygnodraco maesoni)
* multi-thread dragonfish (Eustomias multifilis)
* Noronha dragonfish (Melanostomias dio)
* obese dragonfish (Opostomias micripnus)
* Parin's dragonfish (Eustomias parini)
* Pawnee dragonfish (Bathophilus pawneei)
* proud dragonfish (Eustomia achirus)
* scaleless dragonfish* (Stomiidae spp.)
* scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa, S. affinis, S. ferox)
* Schmidt's dragonfish (Eustomias schmidti)
* sculptured dragonfish (Pegasus lancifer)
* short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
* smalltooth dragonfish (Pachystomias mirodon)
* spothead dragonfish (Melanostomias paucilaternatus)
* stamen dragonfish (Eustomias stamen)
* straightline dragonfish (Borostomias antarcticus)
* tentacle dragonfish (Melanostomias tentaculatus)
* threadfin dragonfish (Echiostoma barbatum)
* threelight dragonfish (Trigonolampa miriceps)
* three-tentacles dragonfish (Eustomias tritentaculatus)
* three-ray dragonfish (Melanostomias pauciradius)
* twinray dragonfish (Eustomia satterleei)
* twinthread dragonfish (Eustomias bifilis)
* Valdivia dragonfish (Melanostomias valdiveae)
* Vitiaz dragonfish (Eustomias vitiazi)
* whitepen dragonfish (Photonecter albipennis)
* winged dragonfish (Nathophils ater)
* yellowstem dragonfish (Eustomias macrurus)

### See also

* dragon fish
* dragonet

### References

* dragonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Stomiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Stomiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons