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Black Dragonfish
Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer, 1906

The larval (developing) Black Dragonfish is a most unusual-looking fish. It is long, slender and transparent, with eyes at the ends of long stalks which can be up to half the length of the body. View the Adult Black Dragonfish fact sheet.

A larval Black Dragonfish (from Brauer, 1906, plate V, as Stylophthalmus paradoxus)

Further reading

1. Brauer, A. 1906. Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena. v. 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18.
2. Gomon, M.F & E.M. Robertson. in Gomon, M.F, C.J.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.