Blackish snaggletooth
Astronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Astronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
- Name authority
- Gibbs & Aron, 1960
- Common name
- Blackish snaggletooth
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Astronesthes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderStomiiformes
- familyStomiidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyAstronesthinae Günther, 1864
- genusAstronesthes Richardson, 1845
- speciesAstronesthes nigroides Gibbs & Aron, 1960
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Astronesthes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Astronesthes dupliglandis Parin & Borodulina, 1997 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes kiyofujii Nakayama, Ohashi & Tanaka, 2021 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes bilobata Parin & Borodulina, 1996 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes caulophorus Regan & Trewavas, 1929 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849) | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes cyaneus (Brauer, 1902) | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes exsul Parin & Borodulina, 2002 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fedorov's snaggletoothAstronesthes fedorovi Parin & Borodulina, 1994 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes formosanus Liao, Chen & Shao, 2006 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes haplophos Parin & Borodulina, 2002 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes lamellosa Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Astronesthes lampara Parin & Borodulina, 1998 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gibbs Jr. , R. H.; Aron, W. (1960). Astronesthes nigroides, a new species of stomiatoid fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Copeia 1960, 2. https://doi.org/10.2307/1440207 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:J4HC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.