Eustomias brevibarbatus
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Eustomias
Eustomias brevibarbatus
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; long, tapering, protrusible snout; moderately long chin barbel with 2 or 3 terminal bulbs; abdominal pelvic fins; body depth 7.5-10% SL; head length 10.3-14.4% SL; lower jaw equal in length to upper jaw, not upturned at tip; 10-12 premaxillary teeth; 10-15 lower jaw teeth; chin barbel 13-40% SL with slender stem and 2 or 3 terminal bulbs; distal bulb largest with 2 or more short, terminal filaments; pectoral fin with 2 long, free rays; dorsal fin with 20-26 rays; anal fin with 33-38 rays; 7 pelvic fin rays; IP 7 or 8; PV 32-34; VAV 14-17; OV 31-35; VAL 14-18; AC 15-18; preorbital and suborbital luminous organs absent; Po present; 63-66 vertebrae
Black; barbel stem lightly to moderately pigmented; distal bulb often lightly pigmented along base and side
Distribution
Western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea
Habitat Associations
Between 20 and 2000 m, most frequently above 200 m at night
Biology
Midwater fishes
Maximum known size is 149 mm SL
Feeds on midwater fishes (Ref. 37039).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-11. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Morrow and Gibbs 1964
Rass 1971
Murdy et al. 1983
Gomon and Gibbs 1985
Sutton and Hopkins 1996, in press
Claro, R. (1994) Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm (1998) Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p.
Bigelow, H.B., D.M. Cohen, M.M. Dick, R.H. Gibbs Jr., M. Grey, J.E. Morrow Jr., L.P. Schultz and V. Walters (1964) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part four. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.
Sutton, T.T. and T.L. Hopkins (1996) Trophic ecology of the stomiid (Pisces: Stomiidae) fish assemblage of the eastern Gulf of Mexico: strategies, selectivity and impact of a top mesopelagic predator group. Mar. Biol. 127:179-192.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
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