Zaphotias Goode & Bean, 1898

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 : 15

Zaphotias Goode & Bean, 1898

Diagnosis. Zaphotias can be distinguished in the Gonostomatidae by the absence of adipose fin; anal-fin origin in advance of dorsal-fin origin; anteriormost anal-fin rays greatly elongated; 14–16 pectoral-fin rays; 17–20 dorsal-fin rays; no photophores on isthmus; a single row of conspicuous ventral photophores; SO present; BR 11–13; upper jaw teeth in a single row, with 10–12 long teeth and 2–4 small teeth in each interspace (Grey, 1964; Mukhacheva, 1976). A single valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).