Borostomias Brauer, 1906

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 : 34

Borostomias Brauer, 1906

Diagnosis. Borostomias can be distinguished in the Astronesthinae by the presence of 8 or more short and widely spaced maxillary teeth; gill teeth in groups of 2–4; ceratohyal teeth absent; dorsal-fin origin close to pelvic-fin origin; photophore series in continuous rows (Gibbs, 1964). Six valid species (Fricke et al., 2022).