Fish Identification: Find Species

Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1974	Eustomias achirus	Proud dragonfish	Eastern Atlantic	16.7 SL
1930	Eustomias acinosus		Western Atlantic	18.5 SL
1998	Eustomias aequatorialis		Atlantic Ocean.	12.9 SL
2001	Eustomias albibulbus		Eastern Central Pacific	14.4 SL
1983	Eustomias appositus		Western Pacific.	13.6 SL
1927	Eustomias arborifer		Eastern Atlantic	25.3 SL
1983	Eustomias australensis	Australian dragonfish	Southwest Pacific	8.7 SL
1983	Eustomias austratlanticus		South Atlantic.	15.6 SL
1983	Eustomias bertelseni		Eastern Indian Ocean	9.3 SL
1983	Eustomias bibulboides		Eastern Central Pacific	14.5 SL
1927	Eustomias bibulbosus		Western Central Atlantic.	15 SL
1960	Eustomias bifilis	Twinthread dragonfish	Indo-West Pacific
1923	Eustomias bigelowi		Western Central Atlantic	19.8 SL
1930	Eustomias bimargaritatus		Eastern Central Atlantic	20 SL
1983	Eustomias bimargaritoides		Eastern Central Pacific	12.6 SL
1927	Eustomias binghami		Western Central Atlantic	14.4 SL
1930	Eustomias bituberatus		Western Central Atlantic	13.3 SL
1983	Eustomias bituberoides		Eastern Central Pacific	14.1 SL
2000	Eustomias borealis		North Atlantic	16.5 SL
1911	Eustomias braueri		Eastern Atlantic	13.5 SL
1927	Eustomias brevibarbatus		Western Atlantic	14.9 SL
2001	Eustomias bulbiramis		Eastern Central Pacific	11.2 SL
1960	Eustomias bulbornatus	Grapevine dragonfish	Southeast Atlantic	16 TL
1983	Eustomias cancriensis		Western Pacific	17.5 SL
1983	Eustomias cirritus		Pacific Ocean	21.4
1985	Eustomias contiguus		Eastern Central Atlantic
1983	Eustomias crossotus		Western Pacific	15.4 SL
1973	Eustomias crucis		Southeast Pacific
2001	Eustomias cryptobulbus	Hiddenbulb dragonfish	Indo-Pacific	16.5 SL
1983	Eustomias curtatus		Eastern Central Pacific	15.3 SL
2000	Eustomias curtifilis		Southwest Atlantic	16.6 SL
2001	Eustomias danae		Western Central Pacific	12.2 SL
1971	Eustomias decoratus		Western Central Atlantic
1930	Eustomias dendriticus		Eastern Atlantic	12.9 SL
1983	Eustomias deofamiliaris		Eastern Central Pacific	10.9 SL
1985	Eustomias digitatus		Western Central Atlantic
1999	Eustomias dinema		Eastern Central Pacific	14.8 SL
1985	Eustomias dispar		Western Central Atlantic
1927	Eustomias dubius		Western Atlantic	13.1 SL
2001	Eustomias elongatus		Eastern Central Pacific	13.4 SL
1923	Eustomias enbarbatus	Barbate dragonfish	Eastern Atlantic	21.4 SL
1906	Eustomias filifer		Eastern Atlantic	23.2 SL
1912	Eustomias fissibarbis		Atlantic Ocean	19.3 SL
2001	Eustomias flagellifer		Western Central Pacific	9 SL
1930	Eustomias furcifer		Eastern Atlantic	20.7 SL
1971	Eustomias gibbsi		Pacific Ocean	15.6 SL
1983	Eustomias grandibulbus		Southeast Atlantic	16 TL
1985	Eustomias hulleyi		Western Central Atlantic
1985	Eustomias hypopsilus		Western Central Atlantic	16.4 SL
1985	Eustomias ignotus		Southwest Atlantic
1983	Eustomias inconstans		Eastern Central Pacific	16.4 SL
1998	Eustomias insularum		North Atlantic.
1998	Eustomias intermedius		Atlantic Ocean.
1999	Eustomias interruptus		Northwest Pacific	12.1 SL
1974	Eustomias ioani		Northwest Pacific	9.7 SL
2004	Eustomias jimcraddocki		Northwest Atlantic	14.3 SL
1983	Eustomias kreffti		Eastern and Western Atlan	12.5 SL
1999	Eustomias lanceolatus		Atlantic Ocean	11.5 SL
1930	Eustomias leptobolus		Western Central Atlantic
1930	Eustomias lipochirus		Eastern Atlantic	23.8 SL
1927	Eustomias longibarba		Eastern Atlantic	18.8 SL
2001	Eustomias longiramis		Eastern Central Pacific	16.3 SL
1930	Eustomias macronema	Bigbarb dragonfish	Atlantic Ocean	17.2 SL
1927	Eustomias macrophthalmus		Western Atlantic	11.1 SL
1930	Eustomias macrurus	Yellowstem dragonfish	Eastern Atlantic	27.6 SL
2001	Eustomias magnificus		Eastern Central Pacific	19.8 SL
1983	Eustomias medusa		North Pacific.	15.2 SL
1930	Eustomias melanonema		Eastern Atlantic	14.8 SL
1930	Eustomias melanostigma		Eastern Atlantic	13.6 SL
1983	Eustomias melanostigmoides		Eastern Central Pacific	16.5 SL
1983	Eustomias mesostenus		Eastern Indian Ocean.	9.5 SL
1985	Eustomias metamelas		Southwest Atlantic
1927	Eustomias micraster		Western Central Atlantic	22.4 SL
1927	Eustomias micropterygius		Western Central Atlantic
1999	Eustomias minimus		Pacific Ocean	8.6 SL
1999	Eustomias monoclonoides		Eastern Central Atlantic	12.9 SL
1930	Eustomias monoclonus		Indo-Pacific	15.3 SL
1930	Eustomias monodactylus		North Atlantic. Better r	20.7 SL
1978	Eustomias multifilis	Multi-thread dragonfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	14.5 SL
1884	Eustomias obscurus		Eastern Atlantic	22.5 SL
1983	Eustomias orientalis		Western Pacific	16 SL
1983	Eustomias pacificus		Eastern Central Pacific	15.7 SL
2001	Eustomias parini	Parin's dragonfish	Pacific Ocean	10.1 SL
1930	Eustomias parri		Western Central Atlantic
1930	Eustomias patulus		Eastern Atlantic	13.3 SL
1927	Eustomias paucifilis		Western Central Atlantic	16.9 SL
2001	Eustomias paxtoni		Indo-West Pacific	20.7 SL
1983	Eustomias perplexus		Western Pacific	14.7 SL
1999	Eustomias pinnatus		Western Pacific	11.9 SL
1927	Eustomias polyaster		Northwest Atlantic	14.2 SL
1983	Eustomias posti		Southwest Atlantic.	15.6 SL
1985	Eustomias precarius		Western Central Atlantic
2001	Eustomias problematicus		Eastern Central Pacific	13.8 SL
1930	Eustomias pyrifer		Western Central Atlantic
1985	Eustomias quadrifilis		Northwest Atlantic
1930	Eustomias radicifilis		Western Central Atlantic
1933	Eustomias satterleei	Twinray dragonfish	Atlantic, Indian and Paci	17.7 SL
1932	Eustomias schiffi		Western Central Atlantic
1930	Eustomias schmidti	Schmidt's dragonfish	Atlantic and Pacific	21.2 SL
1930	Eustomias silvescens		Western Central Atlantic	11 SL
1978	Eustomias similis		Pacific Ocean	11.8 SL
1930	Eustomias simplex		Eastern Atlantic	22.4 SL
1983	Eustomias spherulifer		Eastern Atlantic	16.5 SL
1983	Eustomias suluensis		Western Central Pacific	13.8 SL
1930	Eustomias tenisoni		Eastern Atlantic	18.7 SL
1913	Eustomias tetranema		Eastern Atlantic	15 SL
1983	Eustomias teuthidopsis		Pacific Ocean	19.1 SL
1998	Eustomias tomentosis		Eastern Central Pacific
1930	Eustomias trewavasae	Deepsea dragonfish	Circumglobal.	26 TL
1930	Eustomias triramis		Atlantic Ocean	11.2 SL
1999	Eustomias uniramis		Eastern Pacific	18.9 SL
1930	Eustomias variabilis		Western Atlantic	14.5 SL
1974	Eustomias vitiazi	Vitiaz dragonfish	Western Central Pacific	15.8 SL
2001	Eustomias vulgaris	Common dragonfish	Pacific Ocean	19 SL
1998	Eustomias woollardi		Northeast Pacific.	12.7 SL
1930	Eustomias xenobolus		Western Atlantic	17 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: StomiiformesFamily: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishesSubfamily: MelanostomiinaeGenus: Eustomias(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae Barbeled dragonfishes
Subfamily: Melanostomiinae
Genus: Eustomias

(See list of species below)