Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); danae: Named for the R/V DANA whose collections continue to advance knowledge of pelagic organisms and provided the only confirmed specimens of this species (Ref. 35801).
Eponymy: The succession of Danish research vessels named ‘Dana’ seem to have been greatly favoured by describers of fish, and often the etymology includes: “…from which the holotype was collected. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Philippines, South China Sea. There are unconfirmed reports and tentatively identified specimens from the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Barbel with a single thin, simple branch arising from stem; barbel stem and proximal portion of terminal bulb solidly pigmented; terminal bulb bearing a single, branched medial terminal filament dorsally at the tip (Ref. 45801).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Clarke, T.A., 2001. Pelagic fishes of the genus Eustomias, subgenus Dinematochirus (Stomiidae), in the Indo-Pacific with the description of twelve new speices. Copeia 2001(3):683-699. (Ref. 45801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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