Melanostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:
- Melanostomias bartonbeani <small>A. E. Parr, 1927</small> (Scaleless black dragonfish)
- Melanostomias biseriatus <small>Regan & Trewavas, 1930</small>
- Melanostomias dio <small>Bárbara Teixeira Villarins, Luciano Gomes Fischer, Prokofiev and Michael Maia Mincarone. 2023</small>
- Melanostomias globulifer <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Brightchin dragonfish)
- Melanostomias macrophotus <small>Regan & Trewavas, 1930</small>
- Melanostomias margaritifer <small>Regan & Trewavas, 1930</small>
- Melanostomias melanopogon <small>Regan & Trewavas, 1930</small>
- Melanostomias melanops <small>A. B. Brauer, 1902</small>
- Melanostomias niger <small>Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924</small> (Fangtooth dragonfish)
- Melanostomias nigroaxialis <small>Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978</small>
- Melanostomias paucilaternatus <small>Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978</small> (Spothead dragonfish)
- Melanostomias pauciradius <small>Matsubara, 1938</small> (Three-ray dragonfish)
- Melanostomias pollicifer <small>Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978</small>
- Melanostomias stewarti <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
- Melanostomias tentaculatus <small>(Regan & Trewavas, 1930)</small> (Tentacle dragonfish)
- Melanostomias valdiviae <small>A. B. Brauer, 1902</small> (Valdivia black dragonfish)
- Melanostomias vierecki <small>Fowler, 1934</small>
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