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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Oneirodidae Dreamers

Genus: Oneirodes

(See list of species below)


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35 species (see list below)

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Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Oneirodes acanthias
[Spiny dreamer]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Oneirodes alius
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 17.3 cm SL
 
Oneirodes anisacanthus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Oneirodes basili
[]

Photo by Simpson, R.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 2.4 cm SL
Oneirodes bradburyae Grey, 1956

Photo by Simpson, R.
 
Oneirodes bradburyae
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Oneirodes bulbosus
[Bulb-fish]
No picture found
Atlantic and Pacific
Max. Length 15.9 cm
 
Oneirodes carlsbergi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
 
Oneirodes clarkei
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 16.5 cm SL
 
Oneirodes cristatus
[]
No picture found
Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
 
Oneirodes dicromischus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 12.8 cm SL
 
Oneirodes epithales
[Nightmare dreamer]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Circumglobal
Max. Length 29.7 cm TL
Oneirodes eschrichtii Lütken, 1871

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Oneirodes eschrichtii
[Bulbous dreamer]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 7 cm SL
 
Oneirodes flagellifer
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
 
Oneirodes haplonema
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
 
Oneirodes heteronema
[]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal, southern la
Max. Length 11.1 cm SL
Oneirodes kreffti Pietsch, 1974

Photo by SFSA
 
Oneirodes kreffti
[Krefft's dreamer]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Oneirodes luetkeni
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
 
Oneirodes macronema
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Atlantic
Max. Length 20.6 cm TL
Oneirodes macrosteus Pietsch, 1974

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Oneirodes macrosteus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 1.6 cm SL
 
Oneirodes melanocauda
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Oneirodes micronema
[]
No picture found
Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 3.2 cm SL
 
Oneirodes mirus
[]
No picture found
North Atlantic
Max. Length 13.7 cm
 
Oneirodes myrionemus
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Oneirodes notius
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

North Pacific
Max. Length 11.7 cm SL
Oneirodes pietschi Ho & Shao, 2004

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Oneirodes pietschi
[]
No picture found
East Indian Ocean
Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
 
Oneirodes plagionema
[]
No picture found
North Atlantic.
 
Oneirodes posti
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm SL
 
Oneirodes pterurus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific.
Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Oneirodes rosenblatti
[]

Photo by Ho, H.-C.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 13.5 cm SL
Oneirodes sabex Pietsch & Seigel, 1980

Photo by Ho, H.-C.
 
Oneirodes sabex
[Rough dreamer]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 7.4 cm SL
 
Oneirodes schistonema
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 9.2 cm SL
 
Oneirodes schmidti
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic.
Max. Length 18.3 cm
 
Oneirodes theodoritissieri
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm TL
Oneirodes thompsoni (Schultz, 1934)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Oneirodes thompsoni
[Alaska dreamer]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific. Weste
Max. Length 2.7 cm SL
 
Oneirodes thysanema
[]
35 Species of Family Oneirodidae with Genus Oneirodes
(Dreamers)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1915 Oneirodes acanthias Spiny dreamer Eastern Pacific 20 TL
1978 Oneirodes alius Indo-West Pacific 3.8 SL
1925 Oneirodes anisacanthus Northeast Atlantic 17.3 SL
1974 Oneirodes basili Eastern Central Pacific
1956 Oneirodes bradburyae Western Central Atlantic 2.4 SL
1939 Oneirodes bulbosus Bulb-fish North Pacific 23 TL
1932 Oneirodes carlsbergi Atlantic and Pacific 15.9
1988 Oneirodes clarkei Eastern Central Atlantic 11.6 SL
1932 Oneirodes cristatus Western Central Pacific 16.5 SL
1974 Oneirodes dicromischus Pacific Ocean 3.5 SL
1991 Oneirodes epithales Nightmare dreamer Northwest Atlantic 12.8 SL
1871 Oneirodes eschrichtii Bulbous dreamer Circumglobal 29.7 TL
1932 Oneirodes flagellifer Indo-West Pacific. 7 SL
1998 Oneirodes haplonema Indo-West Pacific
1932 Oneirodes heteronema Eastern Pacific
1974 Oneirodes kreffti Krefft's dreamer Circumglobal, southern la 11.1 SL
1925 Oneirodes luetkeni Eastern Pacific 16 TL
1932 Oneirodes macronema Eastern Central Atlantic 2.7 SL
1974 Oneirodes macrosteus North Atlantic 20.6 TL
1951 Oneirodes melanocauda Western Pacific 1.6 SL
1978 Oneirodes micronema Western Central Pacific 8.9 SL
1932 Oneirodes mirus Indian Ocean. 3.2 SL
1974 Oneirodes myrionemus North Atlantic 13.7
1974 Oneirodes notius Southern Ocean 15 SL
2004 Oneirodes pietschi North Pacific 11.7 SL
1980 Oneirodes plagionema East Indian Ocean 2.5 SL
1980 Oneirodes posti North Atlantic.
1980 Oneirodes pterurus Indo-West Pacific 3 SL
1974 Oneirodes rosenblatti Eastern Pacific. 13.4 SL
1980 Oneirodes sabex Rough dreamer Pacific Ocean 13.5 SL
1980 Oneirodes schistonema Indo-West Pacific. 7.4 SL
1932 Oneirodes schmidti Indo-West Pacific. 9.2 SL
1938 Oneirodes theodoritissieri Eastern Atlantic. 18.3
1934 Oneirodes thompsoni Alaska dreamer North Pacific 21 TL
1980 Oneirodes thysanema Indo-West Pacific. Weste 2.7 SL



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