Stomiatidae

plural noun

Sto·mi·at·i·dae | \ ˌstōmēˈatəˌdē\

Definition of Stomiatidae

: a family of small slender usually scaleless deep-sea fishes having a short head that bears an enormous mouth full of long powerful teeth and a highly distensible stomach and with living and extinct related fishes forming a suborder of the order Isospondyli — compare dragonfish

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