Gonostoma
| Gonostoma Temporal range: | |
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| Gonostoma denudatum | |
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| Gonostoma elongatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Gonostomatidae |
| Genus: | Rafinesque, 1810 |
Gonostoma is a genus of bristlemouths.
Species
There are three extant species recognized in this genus:[1]
- Gonostoma atlanticum Norman, 1930 (Atlantic fangjaw)
- Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810
- Gonostoma elongatum Günther, 1878 (Elongated bristlemouth fish)
The following fossil species are known:
- †Gonostoma albyi (Sauvage, 1873) - latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.[2]
- †Gonostoma dracula Grădianu et al., 2017 - Oligocene of Romania (at the time in the Paratethys Sea)[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gonostoma". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Zoological Record. J.V. Voorst. 1928.
- ^ Ionuţ Grădianu; Tomáš Přikryl; Růžena Gregorová; Antony S. Harold (2017). "†Gonostoma dracula sp. nov. (Teleostei, Gonostomatidae) from the Oligocene deposits of the Central Paratethys (Romania): earliest occurrence of the modern bristlemouths". Bulletin of Geosciences. 92 (3): 323–336. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1683.