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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Astronesthinae
Etymology: Astronesthes: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, esthes, -es = suit, something used to wrap (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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ສັດທະເລ ກ່ຽວກັບ (ຢູ່) ຊັ້ນນ້ຳໃນທະເລເປີດທີ່ປອດແສງສ່ອງເຖິງ; ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 34°N - 30°S
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western central Atlantic close to the Bahamas and Antilles from 30°-20°N between 24°-47°W. One specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608).
ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 4465); 12.5 cm (female)
ຄີຫຼັງຂອງປາ (ຄີອ່ອນ) (ທັງໝົດ) : 18 - 21; ຄີກົ້ນຂອງປາ: 13 - 15. Body moderately elongate and slender. Chin barbel about half head length. Tip of barbel slightly swollen. Maxillary teeth are comblike and closely spaced. Photophores small, not broken in small groups. Luminous patches developed on operculum and nostrils. Dark color (Ref. 37039).
Found on island or continental slopes (Ref. 2802). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | ການສືບພັນ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ຕົວອ່ອນ
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1990. Astronesthidae. p. 300-307. 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. 4465)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.6 - 16.6, mean 9.5 °C (based on 345 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00140 - 0.00821), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.58 se; based on food items.
ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ (Ref.
120179): ຂະໜາດກາງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງເທົ່າ 1.4 - 4.4 ປີ (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).