Triplophos Brauer, 1902

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 9

Triplophos Brauer, 1902

Diagnosis. Triplophos can be distinguished in the Diplophidae by the trunk much shorter than tail; dorsal-fin origin well in advance of anal-fin origin; 10–11 dorsal-fin rays; 57–63 anal-fin rays; 9–10 pectoral-fin rays; 23–25 gill rakers; two rows of conspicuous photophores along the body; IC 68–70; OA 50–55; first 9 OA sightly lower than the remaining photophores of the series; additional head photophores above premaxilla and maxilla; presence of photophores on isthmus; maxilla with a short toothed portion, with 5–6 uniserial teeth; premaxilla with two rows of small teeth (Grey, 1964; Schaefer et al., 1986a). A single valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).