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Sickle Snaggletooth

Borostomias mononema

Classification

Family
Stomiidae

Borostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. The name derives from Greek βόρος (bóros, "glutton") and στομίας (stomías, "hard-mouthed horse"). Indeterminate fossil remains of Borostomias are known from the Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Italy, making this genus one of the very few barbeled dragonfishes known from fossil remains.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog