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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Dr August Bernhard Brauer (1863–1917) was a German herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1400 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical; 36°N - 34°S

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Eastern Atlantic: off Gibraltar. Western Atlantic: about 30°W to 68°W between 28°N-23°N (to 35°N near 30°W), Lesser Antilles, and off Brazil. Also known from Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4740)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 30; Anal soft rays: 36 - 41. Body slender and elongate, color black; body depth 7.7-11% SL. Head length 12.5-16.6% SL. Lower jaw about equal to length of upper jaw and is not upturned at tip. Long, tapering, protrusible snout. Chin barbel 12-17% SL. Barbel with slender stem and an ovoid terminal bulb, with 2 filaments varying in length from very short to 3 times length of bulb. Deep ventral groove extends from isthmus to behind pectoral fin base (Ref. 37039).

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Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984. Melanostomiidae. p. 341-365. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4740)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 February 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.8 - 19.1, mean 12.3 °C (based on 235 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00116 - 0.00786), 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): 4.2 ±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 (10 of 100).

Eustomias braueri Zugmayer, 1911