exsul, Astronesthes Parin [N. V.] & Borodulina [O. D.] 2002:451, Fig. 11 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 42 (no. 4); ref. 26267] Indian Ocean, 28°05'S, 40°09'E, depth 400 meters. Holotype: IOM 02268. Paratypes: IOM 02269 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 3, 5, 1, 2). •Valid as Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina 2002 -- (Parin & Borodulina 2003:595 [ref. 27333], Fricke et al. 2018:67 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina 2002. Stomiidae: Astronesthinae. Distribution: Madagascar east to western Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.