Stareater (fish)

Stareater
	Astronesthes sp. (2008). The soft skin on this specimen was damaged by the net in which it was collected.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Stomiidae
Subfamily:	Astronesthinae
Genus:	Astronesthes; J. Richardson, 1845
Species
	See text

Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid fish in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent red chin barbel that the fish use as a lure to attract small prey into striking distance.

The fish have delicate skin, and mouths filled with sharp, needlelike, curved teeth.[1]

Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Astronesthes atlanticus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
Astronesthes bilobatus Parin & Borodulina, 1996 (Twinlobe snaggletooth)
Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902 (Boulenger's snaggletooth)
Astronesthes caulophorus Regan & Trewavas, 1929
Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849)
Astronesthes cyaneus (A. B. Brauer, 1902)
Astronesthes decoratus Parin & Borodulina, 2002
Astronesthes dupliglandis Parin & Borodulina, 1997
Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina, 2002 (Exile snaggletooth)
Astronesthes fedorovi Parin & Borodulina, 1994
Astronesthes formosana Y. C. Liao, L. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2006
Astronesthes galapagensis Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
Astronesthes gemmifer Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Astronesthes gibbsi Borodulina, 1992
Astronesthes gudrunae Parin & Borodulina, 2002
Astronesthes haplophos Parin & Borodulina, 2002
Astronesthes ijimai S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Ijima's snaggletooth)
Astronesthes illuminatus Parin, Borodulina & Hulley, 1999
Astronesthes indicus A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Black snaggletooth)
Astronesthes indopacificus Parin & Borodulina, 1997 (Indo-Pacific snaggletooth)
Astronesthes karsteni Parin & Borodulina, 2002
Astronesthes kreffti Gibbs & McKinney, 1988 (Krefft's snaggletooth)
Astronesthes lamellosus Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
Astronesthes lampara Parin & Borodulina, 1998

Astronesthes leucopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
Astronesthes lucibucca Parin & Borodulina, 1996
Astronesthes lucifer C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Pacific astronesthid fish)
Astronesthes luetkeni Regan & Trewavas, 1929
Astronesthes lupina Whitley, 1941 (Little wolf)
Astronesthes macropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
Astronesthes martensii Klunzinger, 1871
Astronesthes micropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970
Astronesthes neopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1929
Astronesthes niger J. Richardson, 1845
Astronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
Astronesthes oligoa Parin & Borodulina, 2002
Astronesthes psychrolutes (Gibbs & S. H. Weitzman, 1965) (Temperate snaggletooth)
Astronesthes quasiindicus Parin & Borodulina, 1996
Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey, 1852) (Richardson's snaggletooth)
Astronesthes similus A. E. Parr, 1927
Astronesthes spatulifer Gibbs & McKinney, 1988
Astronesthes splendidus A. B. Brauer, 1902 (Splendid snaggletooth)
Astronesthes tanibe Parin & Borodulina, 2001
Astronesthes tatyanae Parin & Borodulina, 1998
Astronesthes tchuvasovi Parin & Borodulina, 1996
Astronesthes trifibulatus Gibbs, Amaoka & Haruka, 1984 (Triplethread snaggletooth)
Astronesthes zetgibbsi Parin & Borodulina, 1997
Astronesthes zharovi Parin & Borodulina, 1998

Stewart, Andrew. "Science report: Denizens of the deep: daggertooth and stareater." NZ IPY-CAML Voyage 2008. 2008. Ministry of Fisheries. Crown Copyright: 2008. http://www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7CF525AF-2985-4152-B225-28E52E389F3B/0/IPYdiary10.pdf
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Astronesthes in FishBase. February 2012 version.

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