Eustomias enbarbatus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Eustomias
Eustomias enbarbatus
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; long, tapering, protrusible snout; moderately long chin barbel with single terminal bulb; abdominal pelvic fins; body depth 7.1% to 7.4% and head length 12.1% to 13.1% of SL; premaxilla with 6 to 8 teeth, second fanglike; lower jaw with 9 to 11 teeth on each side; chin barbel 27.5% to 34.9% of SL with slender stem, single filament, and terminal bulb bearing several short filaments or single stem of variable length with side branches; pectoral fin with 3 free rays; dorsal fin with 21 to 23 rays; anal fin with 34 to 36 rays; pelvic fin with 7 rays; IP number 7, PV number 26 or 27, VAV number 11 to 13, OV number 25 to 28, VAL number 12 or 13, and AC number 18 to 20
Black; barbel unpigmented
Distribution
Western Atlantic off Bermuda and in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Biology
122.5 mm SL
Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-12. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Morrow and Gibbs 1964
Gibbs et al. 1983
Sutton and Hopkins 1996
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.
Mundy, B.C. (2005) Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.
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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