Aristostomias Zugmayer, 1913

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 : 40

Aristostomias Zugmayer, 1913

Diagnosis. Aristostomias can be distinguished in the Malacosteinae by the chin barbel present; pectoral-fin present; snout longer than eye diameter; 2 pairs of nostrils on either side of head; two rows of conspicuous photophores (lateral and ventral series) separated in groups (Morrow, 1964c; Goodyear, Gibbs, 1986; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015g; Sutton et al., 2020). Six valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).