Borostomias
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Species
フタツボシエソ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderStomiiformes
- FamilyStomiidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 143
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Collections
- TCWC, NMV, USNM, KU, AUM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, New Caledonia, Honduras, Cote D'Ivoire, Jarvis Island, Angola, Australia, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Astronesthinae
- Image
- Borostomias antarcticus.jpg
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- Borostomias
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Borostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes.
The name derives from Greek βόρος (bóros, "glutton") and στομίας (stomías, "hard-mouthed horse").
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