WoRMS taxon details
Stomiiformes
- Family Diplophidae Fowler, 1925
- Family Gonostomatidae Cocco, 1838
- Family Ichthyococcidae Chang et al., 2025
- Family Phosichthyidae Weitzman, 1974
- Family Sternoptychidae Duméril, 1805
- Family Stomiidae Bleeker, 1859
- Family Vinciguerriidae Chang et al., 2025
- Family Yarrellidae Chang et al., 2025
- Family Astronesthidae accepted as Astronesthinae Günther, 1864 (Following type genus)
- Family Chauliodontidae Bonaparte, 1845 accepted as Chauliodontinae Bonaparte, 1845
- Family Idiacanthidae Gill, 1893 accepted as Idiacanthinae Gill, 1893
- Family Malacosteidae Gill, 1890 accepted as Malacosteinae Gill, 1890
- Family Melanostomiatidae Parr, 1927 accepted as Melanostomiidae Parr, 1927 accepted as Melanostomiinae Parr, 1927 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Melanostomiidae Parr, 1927 accepted as Melanostomiinae Parr, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Photichthyidae Weitzman, 1874 accepted as Phosichthyidae Weitzman, 1974 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Stomiiformes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10306 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | draakvisachtigen | [details] |
| Japanese | ワニトカゲギス目 | [details] |
| Swedish | drakfiskartade fiskar | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomiiformes)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomiiformes RAD113684-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomiiformes RAD113685-001)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomiiformes)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomiiformes RAD113684-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stomiiformes RAD113685-001)
To ITIS
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