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Aristostomias

WoRMS 126201ITIS 162273key worms:126201
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162273 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Aristostomias
Photo · Smithsonian Institution · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · inat NC

Aristostomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes native to the ocean depths in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. They are noted for their elongated bodies, large heads, and distinct loosejaw.W CalCOFI holds 439 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2021, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R

439
observations
439
records
4
sampling events
1951–2021
years
2
datasets
1
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4 obs · 4 events · 2002–2006 · larva
    name used: Aristostomias · code 1170

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126201%22