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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Malacosteinae
Etymology: Aristostomias: Greek, aristos = the best + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 15 - 2000 m (Ref. 58302). Subtropical; 52°N -
Eastern Atlantic: Azores. Western Atlantic: Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Southeast Pacific: off Chile.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6684)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 23; Radios blandos anales: 24 - 29. Body moderately elongate and slender. Chin barbel bearing club-shaped bulb (Ref. 37039).
Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984. Malacosteidae. p. 366-370. 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. 6684)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5 - 15.3, mean 9.4 °C (based on 411 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00157 - 0.01056), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).