Stomiidae

Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, Zootaxa 3832 (1), pp. 1-247 : 25-26

Stomiidae

Astronesthes cyaneus (Brauer, 1902) —Blue astronesthid fish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19727-041). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Ogasawara Islands. Bathypelagic, 120– 800 m. Marine.

Astronesthes lucifer Gilbert, 1905 —Pacific astronesthid fish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19727-039). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Yemen east to Hawaiian Islands, north to Taiwan. Bathypelagic, 25– 704 m. Marine.

Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 —Sloane's viperfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19695-015, I.19701-033, I.19702-070, I.19713-027, I.19727-045, I.19728-048).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Bathypelagic, 200–4700 m. Marine.

Eustomias bifilis Gibbs, 1960 —Twinthread dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1987a: 85). AMS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia and New Guinea east to eastern Pacific. Mesopelagic, 0– 800 m. Marine.

Leptostomias gladiator (Zugmayer, 1911) — Gladiator dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1987a: 85). AMS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas. Mesopelagic, 0–3000 m. Marine.

Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848 —Stoplight loosejaw

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Bismarck Sea off Madang by Kenaley (2007: 895). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas, in the Northern Hemisphere also in cold temperate seas. Bathypelagic, 500–3886 m. Marine.

Melanostomias melanops Brauer, 1902 —Blackeye dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19712-009). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas. Bathypelagic, 350–1024 m. Marine.

Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882) —Whitepen dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1987a: 86). AMS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas, 120– 800 m. Marine.

Photonectes mirabilis Parr, 1927 —Blueband dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1987a: 86). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic; Australia and New Guinea in western Pacific. Mesopelagic, 0– 800 m. Marine.

Photonectes parvimanus Regan & Trewavas, 1930 —Fleshyfin dragonfish

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1987a: 87).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic; Australia and New Guinea in western Pacific. Bathypelagic, 150–1463 m. Marine.

* Photonectes paxtoni Flynn & Klepadlo, 2012 —Paxton's dragonfish STATUS AT MADANG. Originally described from Madang by Flynn & Klepadlo (2012: 265), based on AMS material.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Only known from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Bathypelagic, 130– 135 m. Marine.

Stomias affinis Günther, 1887 —Günther's boafish

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.19729-016, I.19727-013, I.19727-038, I.19729-044).

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Bathypelagic, 0–3182 m. Marine.