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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Stomiinae
Etymology: Stomias: Greek, stoma = mouth; hard briddle (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 500 m (Ref. 5951). Deep-water; 39°N - 16°N, 18°W - 6°W
Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Mauritania. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.4 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4464)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 18 - 20; Rayons mous anaux: 20 - 22. Body slender. Five rows of pigmented areas dorsal to the lateral row of large photophores. Black to dark brown, sides iridescent, fins pale. Barbel pale, bulb yellowish, filaments pale (Ref. 37473).
An oceanic (Ref. 4783) and mesopelagic species (Ref. 4464). May migrate to near-surface waters at night (Ref. 4783). Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 4783).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1990. Stomiidae. p. 296-299. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNECO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4464)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 15 - 18.5, mean 16.3 °C (based on 28 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00170 (0.00072 - 0.00400), b=3.22 (3.02 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.64 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).