Genus Aristostomias

Summary:
One of three stomiid genera with photophores that produce red light. Species have evolved extremely specialized visual pigments capable of seeing this red light.
Author: Dianne J. Bray
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Aristostomias in Fishes of Australia, accessed 17 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/123

References

Kenaley, C.P., DeVaney, S.C. & Fjeran, T.T. 2014. The complex evolutionary history of seeing red: molecular phylogeny and the evolution of an adaptive visual system in deep-sea dragonfishes (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae).Evolution 68: 996–1013. doi: 10.1111/evo.12322