Astronesthes Richardson, 1845

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 : 31

Astronesthes Richardson, 1845

Diagnosis. Astronesthes can be distinguished in the Astronesthinae by the dorsal-fin origin above or behind the pelvic-fin origin; anal-fin origin after the posterior end of the dorsal-fin base; 11–22 anal-fin rays; both dorsal and ventral adipose fins present; premaxillary teeth fang-like; maxillary teeth closely set and comb-like; ceratohyal teeth absent (Gibbs, 1964; Nakayama et al., 2021). A total of 48 valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).