[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Pisces
     Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
       Order Stomiiformes Rosen, 1973 - dragonfishes see Order Stomiatiformes Rosen, 1973, orth. inval.
         Family Stomiidae Rosen, 1973
           Genus Melanostomias Brauer, 1902
             1 Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927
             2 Melanostomias biseriatus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
             3 Melanostomias macrophotus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
             4 Melanostomias melanopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930
             5 Melanostomias melanops Brauer, 1902
             6 Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
             7 Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902 - Valdivia black dragonfish