Photonectes is a genus of fish in the family Stomiidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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 Klepadlo, C. (2011): Three New Species of the Genus Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the Pacific Ocean. Copeia, 2011 (2): 201-210. Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913) (Brauer's dragonfish) Photonectes caerulescens Regan & Trewavas, 1930 (Bulb-less dragonfish) Photonectes coffea Klepadlo, 2011 Photonectes cornutus Beebe, 1933 Photonectes corynodes Klepadlo, 2011 Photonectes dinema Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Photonectes gorodinskii Prokofiev, 2015 Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): Data for the Revision of Subgenus Trachinostomias (Melanostomiidae: Photonectes): Morphological Variability of P. margarita with Description of Two New Species. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (2): 147-154. Photonectes gracilis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Graceful dragonfish) Photonectes klepadloae Prokofiev & Frable, 2021 Photonectes leucospilus Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Photonectes litvinovi Prokofiev, 2014 Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): New and Rare Species of Deepsea Pelagic Fishes of Families Opisthoproctidae, Melanostomiidae, Oneirodidae, and Linophrynidae. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (6): 377-383. 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 Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C. (2012): Two new species of Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of P. achirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 69: 259–267. Photonectes phyllopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Photonectes uncinatus Prokofiev, 2015 Photonectes venetaenia Prokofiev, 2016 Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): New Species of the Genus Photonectes (Melanostomiidae) with Blue Luminous Tissue on the Body. Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (4): 613–615. Photonectes waitti Flynn & Klepadlo, 2012
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