lunifer, Aristostomias Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1930:138, Pl. 13 (fig. 2); Fig. 132 [Danish Dana Expedition 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Oceanographical Reports. v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 3681] Caribbean Sea, northern Atlantic. Syntypes: BMNH 1929.7.6.249 (1); ZMUC P201925 (1) DANA station 1291 (17°43'N, 64°56'W), P20425-6 (2). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:25 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Aristostomias lunifer Regan & Trewavas 1930 -- (Morrow 1964:534 [ref. 6958], Goodyear 1973:142 [ref. 7176], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:368 [ref. 13675], Goodyear & Gibbs 1986:235 [ref. 5658], Scott & Scott 1988:180 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:95 [ref. 14674], Goodyear 1990:338 [ref. 14930], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:470 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Harold 1999:1917 [ref. 24741] as Aristomias, Harold 2003:903 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:190 [ref. 28379], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:526 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1808 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:93 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Aristostomias lunifer Regan & Trewavas 1930. Stomiidae: Malacosteinae. Distribution: Circumglobal, but not eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.