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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Melanostomias: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Barton Appler Bean (1860–1947) was the younger brother of T H Bean. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 25 - 2000 m (Ref. 2732). Deep-water; 56°N - 40°S
Eastern Atlantic: from 56°N east of 40°W south to Guinea Bissau, also from Namibia to South Africa. Western Atlantic: west of 40°W between 45°N-25°N, and from Brazil to Argentina. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Also Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.2 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4468)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 16; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 16 - 20. Barbel expanded end wide proximally, tapers to a point distally. Stem of barbel pigmented. Numerous small photophores present (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Mesopelagic species (Ref. 4468).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett, 1990. Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. 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 UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4468)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 0.6 - 13.9, mean 8.5 °C (based on 621 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00115 - 0.00790), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 20 [5, 82] mg/100g; Iron = 0.385 [0.120, 1.266] mg/100g; Protein = 3.09 [0.00, 7.02] %; Omega3 = 0.19 [0.06, 0.69] g/100g; Selenium = 10.5 [3.0, 41.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 55 [7, 439] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.451 [0.201, 1.103] mg/100g (wet weight);