Eustomias curtifilis Clarke, 2000

Family:  Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes), subfamily: Melanostomiinae
Max. size:  16.6 cm SL (female)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 120 - 660 m, oceanodromous
Distribution:  Southwest Atlantic: Trindade and Martim Vaz Archipelago.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-27; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 37-45. Chin barbel with 3 branches arising together from the stem; barbel stem pigmented only up to origin of branches; distal stem pigmented only in axis and small internal spots; terminal bulb roughly spheroidal with a bilobed, reticulated patch of pigment on proximal dorsal surface; no unpigmented ovoids associated with bulb pigment; terminal filaments short and simple, a single laterally based pair on the dorsal tip of bulb and one or two medial filaments ventral of these.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 11 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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