Photonectes
Genus of fishes
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Photonectes is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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| Photonectes margarita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Stomiidae |
| Subfamily: | Melanostomiinae |
| Genus: | Photonectes Günther, 1887 |
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]