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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Stomiinae
Etymology: Stomias: Greek, stoma = mouth; hard briddle (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 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).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4464)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 18 - 20; Raggi anali molli: 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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 15 - 18.5, mean 16.3 °C (based on 28 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00174 (0.00075 - 0.00400), b=3.22 (3.01 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.9 ±0.64 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
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