Chirostomias pliopterus

Chirostomias pliopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Chirostomias
Regan & Trewavas, 1930
Species: C. pliopterus
Binomial name
Chirostomias pliopterus
Regan & Trewavas, 1930

Chirostomias pliopterus is a species of barbeled dragonfish found in the Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL. This species is the only described member of its genus. The scaleless dragonfish is also the first discovered lifeform to emit a red light, with the only other being a siphonophore of the genus Erenna.

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