"dragonfish" meaning in English

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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes banshee",
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias enbarbatus",
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      "alt": "Bathophilus abarbatus",
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      "word": "bigbarb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Idiacanthus spp., Bathophilus indicus",
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias atriventer",
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias ferox",
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes braueri",
      "word": "Brauer's dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias globulifer",
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      "alt": "Thysanactis dentex",
      "word": "broomfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes caerulescens",
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      "taxonomic": "Chauliodus sloani",
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias trewavasae",
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias dendrobium",
      "word": "dendrobium dragonfish"
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      "english": "Melanostomias niger",
      "word": "fangtooth dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes parvimanus",
      "word": "fleshyfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes gracilis",
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      "taxonomic": "Bathysphaera intacta",
      "word": "giant dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias bulbornatus",
      "word": "grapevine dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias cryptobulbus",
      "word": "hiddenbulb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Bathophilus flemingi",
      "word": "highfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias affinis",
      "word": "honeycomb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eurypegasus draconis",
      "word": "little dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Flagellostomias boureei",
      "word": "longbarb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Tactostoma macropus",
      "word": "longfin dragonfish"
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      "word": "long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans"
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      "alt": "Cygnodraco maesoni",
      "word": "Mawson's dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias multifilis",
      "word": "multi-thread dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias dio",
      "word": "Noronha dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Opostomias micripnus",
      "word": "obese dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias parini",
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      "alt": "Bathophilus pawneei",
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias schmidti",
      "word": "Schmidt's dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Pegasus lancifer",
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      "alt": "Eurypegasus draconis",
      "word": "short dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Pachystomias mirodon",
      "word": "smalltooth dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias paucilaternatus",
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias stamen",
      "word": "stamen dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Borostomias antarcticus",
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      "alt": "Melanostomias tentaculatus",
      "word": "tentacle dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Echiostoma barbatum",
      "word": "threadfin dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Trigonolampa miriceps",
      "word": "threelight dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias tritentaculatus",
      "word": "three-tentacles dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias pauciradius",
      "word": "three-ray dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eustomia satterleei",
      "word": "twinray dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias bifilis",
      "word": "twinthread dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias valdiveae",
      "word": "Valdivia dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias vitiazi",
      "word": "Vitiaz dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Photonecter albipennis",
      "word": "whitepen dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Nathophils ater",
      "word": "winged dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias macrurus",
      "word": "yellowstem dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Bathydraconidae spp.",
      "word": "Antarctic dragonfish*"
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      "alt": "Tactostoma macropus",
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      "alt": "Idiacanthus atlanticus",
      "word": "Atlantic dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias australensis",
      "word": "Australian dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes banshee",
      "word": "banshee dragonfish"
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      "word": "barbate dragonfish"
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      "word": "barbeled dragonfish*"
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      "alt": "Bathophilus abarbatus",
      "word": "barbless dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias macronema",
      "word": "bigbarb dragonfish"
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      "word": "black dragonfish"
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      "word": "blackbelly dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias ferox",
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      "word": "brightchin dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Thysanactis dentex",
      "word": "broomfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes caerulescens",
      "word": "bulbless dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias vulgaris",
      "word": "common dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Chauliodus sloani",
      "word": "Dannevig's dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias trewavasae",
      "word": "deepsea dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias dendrobium",
      "word": "dendrobium dragonfish"
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      "english": "Melanostomias niger",
      "word": "fangtooth dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes parvimanus",
      "word": "fleshyfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Photonectes gracilis",
      "word": "graceful dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Bathysphaera intacta",
      "word": "giant dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias bulbornatus",
      "word": "grapevine dragonfish"
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      "word": "hiddenbulb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Bathophilus flemingi",
      "word": "highfin dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias affinis",
      "word": "honeycomb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eurypegasus draconis",
      "word": "little dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Flagellostomias boureei",
      "word": "longbarb dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Tactostoma macropus",
      "word": "longfin dragonfish"
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      "word": "long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans"
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      "alt": "Cygnodraco maesoni",
      "word": "Mawson's dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias multifilis",
      "word": "multi-thread dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias dio",
      "word": "Noronha dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Opostomias micripnus",
      "word": "obese dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias parini",
      "word": "Parin's dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Bathophilus pawneei",
      "word": "Pawnee dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eustomia achirus",
      "word": "proud dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Stomias boa",
      "word": "scaly dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias schmidti",
      "word": "Schmidt's dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Pegasus lancifer",
      "word": "sculptured dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eurypegasus draconis",
      "word": "short dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Pachystomias mirodon",
      "word": "smalltooth dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias paucilaternatus",
      "word": "spothead dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias stamen",
      "word": "stamen dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Borostomias antarcticus",
      "word": "straightline dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias tentaculatus",
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      "alt": "Echiostoma barbatum",
      "word": "threadfin dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Trigonolampa miriceps",
      "word": "threelight dragonfish"
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      "taxonomic": "Eustomias tritentaculatus",
      "word": "three-tentacles dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Melanostomias pauciradius",
      "word": "three-ray dragonfish"
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      "alt": "Eustomia satterleei",
      "word": "twinray dragonfish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Eustomias bifilis",
      "word": "twinthread dragonfish"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Melanostomias valdiveae",
      "word": "Valdivia dragonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Eustomias vitiazi",
      "word": "Vitiaz dragonfish"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Photonecter albipennis",
      "word": "whitepen dragonfish"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Nathophils ater",
      "word": "winged dragonfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Eustomias macrurus",
      "word": "yellowstem dragonfish"
    }
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    }
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        "sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer)"
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
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        "Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae",
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
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        "Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae",
        "violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii)"
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      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
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        "Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae",
        "gray bichir Polypterus senegalus"
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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        "Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae",
        "Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)"
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}