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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Deep-water; 32°N - 12°N
Western Central Atlantic: Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas (Ref. 46206).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 14.0, range 10 - 16.8 cm
Max length : 12.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36852); 16.9 cm SL (female)
Barbel with three branches arising together from stem; barbel stem pigmented only up to origin of branches; distal stem pigmented only on axis and small internal spots; terminal bulb roughly spheroidal with a pair of prominent irregularly shaped patches of pigment on proximal dorsal surface; two to six unpigmented ovoids or 'beads' medially between pigment patches, often protruding above pigmented surface; a single pair of laterally based terminal filaments on dorsal tip of bulb; two medial filaments ventral to lateral filaments; ventralmost medial filament usually longer or more ornate than lateral filaments.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Clarke, T.A., 2000. Review of nine species of North Atlantic Eustomias, subgenus Dinematochirus (Pisces: Stomiidae), with the description of two new species. Copeia 2000(1):96-111. (Ref. 36852)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00117 - 0.00783), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).