Eustomias macrurus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Eustomias
Eustomias macrurus
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; 45 dorsal fin rays; 7 pelvic fin rays; IP number 7; long, tapering, protrusible snout; moderately short chin barbel with terminal bulb; abdominal pelvic fins; body depth 4.9% SL; head length 13.3% SL; premaxilla with 6 teeth, second fanglike; lower jaw with 8 teeth on each side; chin barbel 13.3% SL; barbel with slender stem and single terminal bulb, lacking branches and filaments; ventral groove on belly from PV 5 to PV 8; pectoral fin with 9 rays; dorsal fin with 25-29 rays; anal fin with 24 or 25 rays; PV number 28 or 29; VAV number 16 or 17; OV number 28 or 29; VAL number 16 to 18; AC number 24 or 25
Black; barbel lacks external pigment
Distribution
Western Atlantic off Bermuda and Puerto Rico, northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean; depth range not specified
Biology
112.5 mm SL
Mesopelagic species (Ref. 559).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2014-07-01. 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.
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.
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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