Astronesthes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Astronesthes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Astronesthes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Stareater (fish)
Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid fish in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent red chin barbel that the fish use as a lure to attract small prey into striking distance.
The fish have delicate skin, and mouths filled with sharp, needlelike, curved teeth.
...Astronesthes in languages:
- Chinese
- 星衫魚屬
- Japanese
- トカゲハダカ属
Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Astronesthes atlantica
- Astronesthes barbata
- Astronesthes bilobata
- Astronesthes boulengeri
- Astronesthes caulophorus
- Astronesthes chrysophekadion
- Astronesthes cyanea
- Astronesthes decorata
- Astronesthes dupliglandis
- Astronesthes exsul
- Astronesthes fedorovi
- Astronesthes formosana
- Astronesthes galapagensis
- Astronesthes gemmifer
- Astronesthes gibbsi
- Astronesthes gudrunae
- Astronesthes haplophos
- Astronesthes ijimai
- Astronesthes illuminata
- Astronesthes indica
- Astronesthes indopacifica
- Astronesthes karsteni
- Astronesthes kiyofujii
- Astronesthes kreffti
- Astronesthes lamellosa
- Astronesthes lampara
- Astronesthes leucopogon
- Astronesthes lucibucca
- Astronesthes lucifer
- Astronesthes luetkeni
- Astronesthes lupina
- Astronesthes macropogon
- Astronesthes martensii
- Astronesthes micropogon
- Astronesthes neopogon
- Astronesthes nigra
- Astronesthes nigroides
- Astronesthes oligoa
- Astronesthes psychrolutes
- Astronesthes quasiindica
- Astronesthes richardsoni
- Astronesthes similus
- Astronesthes spatulifer
- Astronesthes spatulifera
- Astronesthes splendida
- Astronesthes tanibe
- Astronesthes tatyanae
- Astronesthes tchuvasovi
- Astronesthes trifibulata
- Astronesthes zetgibbsi
- Astronesthes zharovi
