dragonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonfishes
form: dragonfish
Etymology: From dragon + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Any fossil fish of genus †Draconichthys.
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
glosses: Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Bathydraconidae spp.
word: Antarctic dragonfish*
alt: Tactostoma macropus
word: arrow dragonfish
alt: Idiacanthus atlanticus
word: Atlantic dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias australensis
word: Australian dragonfish
taxonomic: Photonectes banshee
word: banshee dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias enbarbatus
word: barbate dragonfish
taxonomic: Stomiidae spp.
word: barbeled dragonfish*
alt: Bathophilus abarbatus
word: barbless dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias macronema
word: bigbarb dragonfish
taxonomic: Stomias atriventer
word: blackbelly dragonfish
alt: Idiacanthus spp., Bathophilus indicus
word: black dragonfish
taxonomic: Stomias ferox
word: boa dragonfish
taxonomic: Photonectes braueri
word: Brauer's dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias globulifer
word: brightchin dragonfish
alt: Thysanactis dentex
word: broomfin dragonfish
taxonomic: Photonectes caerulescens
word: bulbless dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias vulgaris
word: common dragonfish
taxonomic: Chauliodus sloani
word: Dannevig's dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias trewavasae
word: deepsea dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias dendrobium
word: dendrobium dragonfish
english: Melanostomias niger
translation: Melanostomias niger
word: fangtooth dragonfish
taxonomic: Photonectes parvimanus
word: fleshyfin dragonfish
taxonomic: Bathysphaera intacta
word: giant dragonfish
taxonomic: Photonectes gracilis
word: graceful dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias bulbornatus
word: grapevine dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias cryptobulbus
word: hiddenbulb dragonfish
alt: Bathophilus flemingi
word: highfin dragonfish
taxonomic: Stomias affinis
word: honeycomb dragonfish
alt: Eurypegasus draconis
word: little dragonfish
alt: Flagellostomias boureei
word: longbarb dragonfish
alt: Tactostoma macropus
word: longfin dragonfish
word: long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans
alt: Cygnodraco maesoni
word: Mawson's dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias multifilis
word: multi-thread dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias dio
word: Noronha dragonfish
alt: Opostomias micripnus
word: obese dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias parini
word: Parin's dragonfish
alt: Bathophilus pawneei
word: Pawnee dragonfish
alt: Eustomia achirus
word: proud dragonfish
taxonomic: Stomiidae spp.
word: scaleless dragonfish*
taxonomic: Stomias boa
alt: S. affinis, S. ferox
word: scaly dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias schmidti
word: Schmidt's dragonfish
taxonomic: Pegasus lancifer
word: sculptured dragonfish
alt: Eurypegasus draconis
word: short dragonfish
alt: Pachystomias mirodon
word: smalltooth dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias paucilaternatus
word: spothead dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias stamen
word: stamen dragonfish
alt: Borostomias antarcticus
word: straightline dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias tentaculatus
word: tentacle dragonfish
alt: Echiostoma barbatum
word: threadfin dragonfish
alt: Trigonolampa miriceps
word: threelight dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias pauciradius
word: three-ray dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias tritentaculatus
word: three-tentacles dragonfish
alt: Eustomia satterleei
word: twinray dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias bifilis
word: twinthread dragonfish
alt: Melanostomias valdiveae
word: Valdivia dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias vitiazi
word: Vitiaz dragonfish
alt: Photonecter albipennis
word: whitepen dragonfish
alt: Nathophils ater
word: winged dragonfish
taxonomic: Eustomias macrurus
word: yellowstem dragonfish
Related terms: dragon fish
dragonet