Borostomias Regan [C. T.] 1908:217 Masc. Borostomias braueri Regan 1908. Type by subsequent designation. Type usually given as by monotypy, but 3 included species; earliest type designated found that by Jordan 1920:529 [ref. 4905]. •Valid as Borostomias Regan 1908 -- (Gibbs 1964:332 [ref. 6960], Gibbs & Morrow 1973:127 [ref. 7174], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:331 [ref. 13675], Kawaguchi & Moser 1984:171 [ref. 13642], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:50 [ref. 6441], Fink 1985:11 [ref. 5171], Gibbs 1986:233 [ref. 5655], Paxton et al. 1989:195 [ref. 12442], Gon 1990:128 [ref. 21680], Harold 1999:1906 [ref. 24741], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:437 [ref. 28995], Liao et al. 2006:517 [ref. 29419], Kenaley et al. 2008:243 [ref. 30630], Stewart & Kenaley 2015:482 [ref. 34250], Bañón et al. 2016:310 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Borostomias Regan 1908. Stomiidae: Astronesthinae.