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A: While loosejaws and dragon fishes are classified in the same family (Stomiidae), they represent a number of different species all having barbels with light organs located on their chins.
Malacosteus indicus (Brauer, 1902).
Stoplight loosejaw, Malacosteus niger (Ayres, 1848).
Genus Melanostomias ...
STOMIIFORMES
bristlemouths, marine hatchetfishes, lightfishes, viperfishes, saly dragonfishes, snaggletoothes, scaleless black dragonfishes, loosejaws, black dragonfishes
ATELEOPODIFORMES
jellynose fishes ...
Stoplight Loosejaw, Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848
Stories from New South Wales
Stories from Queensland
Stories from South Australia
Stories from the Northern Territory
Stories from Western Australia
Stories of the Dreaming ...
 See also: Sunfish, Seahorse, Surgeonfish, Viper, Angelfish
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