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Eustomias paxtoni Clarke, 2001 |
| Family: | Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes), subfamily: Melanostomiinae | |||
| Max. size: | 20.7 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 1250 m | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-West Pacific: in equatorial waters; Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Barbel with medial branch arising from stem and a pair of lateral branches arising from medial branch distal to its origin; medial branch stout, almost as thick as stem, terminating in rounded tip lacking filaments; lateral branches tiny, short filaments; terminal bulb protruding strongly dorsad, ovoid in lateral profile; three long medial terminal filaments on distal end of bulb; a pair of dorso-lateral terminal filaments terminating in small but prominent spheroids (Ref. 45801). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||