WoRMS taxon details
Malacosteinae Gill, 1890
Malacosteidae Gill, 1890 · unaccepted
- Genus Aristostomias Zugmayer, 1913
- Genus Malacosteus Ayres, 1848
- Genus Photostomias Collett, 1889
- Genus Phostostomias accepted as Photostomias Collett, 1889 (misspelling)
- Genus Thaumastomias Alcock, 1890 accepted as Photostomias Collett, 1889
- Genus Ultimostomias Beebe, 1933 accepted as Photostomias Collett, 1889
- Genus Zastomias Gilbert, 1915 accepted as Aristostomias Zugmayer, 1913
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacosteinae Gill, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154693 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホウキボシエソ科 [from synonym] | [details] |
