''Gonostoma'' is a genus of

bristlemouth The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes, or anglemouths. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for their l ...

Species

There are three extant species recognized in this genus: * ''

Gonostoma atlanticum ''Gonostoma'' is a genus of bristlemouths. Species There are three extant species recognized in this genus: * '' Gonostoma atlanticum'' Norman, 1930 (Atlantic fangjaw) * ''Gonostoma denudatum'' Rafinesque, 1810 * ''Gonostoma elongatum'' Günthe ...

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

, 1930 (Atlantic fangjaw) * ''

Gonostoma denudatum ''Gonostoma'' is a genus of bristlemouths. Species There are three extant species recognized in this genus: * '' Gonostoma atlanticum'' Norman, 1930 (Atlantic fangjaw) * '' Gonostoma denudatum'' Rafinesque, 1810 * '' Gonostoma elongatum'' Günt ...

Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...

, 1810 * ''

Gonostoma elongatum ''Gonostoma'' is a genus of bristlemouths. Species There are three extant species recognized in this genus: * '' Gonostoma atlanticum'' Norman, 1930 (Atlantic fangjaw) * ''Gonostoma denudatum'' Rafinesque, 1810 * '' Gonostoma elongatum'' Günth ...

'' Günther, 1878 (Elongated bristlemouth fish) Moreover, there is the fossil species * '' Gonostoma dracula'' Grădianu ''et al.'', 2017 ''G. dracula'' lived in the

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

, in what is today Romania, and at the time of life was the

Paratethys The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Paratethys was peculiar due to its pa ...

sea.

References

Gonostomatidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Marine fish genera {{Stomiiformes-stub