Melanostomiinae
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC2487AA-EA24-C52F-647D-FC16FBF05386 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Melanostomiinae |
status |
|
Members of the Melanostomiinae can be recognized in the Stomiidae by the body relatively elongate; snout short; mouth large to extremely large; chin barbel usually present, ranging from very short to longer than body, barbel simple to complex; skin between lower jaws present in all species; dorsal-fin origin usually opposite to anal-fin origin (except in Eustomias and Flagellostomias ), both fins located far behind the pelvic fin; dorsal adipose fin absent, except in Chirostomias Regan & Trewavas, 1930 ; scales absent, body without hexagonal patterns; suborbital and postorbital light organs usually present, preorbital luminous organ absent; photophores in 2 continuous rows along flanks and ventral portion of the body (Gibbs, 1986c; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015h; Nelson et al., 2016). Sixteen genera (Fricke et al., 2022).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.