Aristostomias
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162273 via WoRMS external link
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 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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One row per dataset, and beside it 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.
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name used: Aristostomias · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126201")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126201'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 1 taxon
- sp Aristostomias scintillans Shiny loosejaw435
Life stages larva
- Ichthyoplankton larva
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Malacosteinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Yan Wong · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Malacosteus niger · source
- Photo · Smithsonian Institution · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Aristostomias” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1364091188
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗