Eustomias micraster
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Eustomias
Eustomias micraster
Description
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Characters
Elongate and slender body; long, tapering, protrusible snout; chin barbel with two terminal bulbs and a single terminal filament; abdominal pelvic fins; lower jaw about as long as upper jaw and not upturned at tip; chin barbel less than 60% of SL with slender stem, two widely separated terminal bulbs, and a single, long filament with four or more short bulblet-bearing branches near terminal bulb; pectoral fin with 3 free rays; dorsal fin with 22 to 25 rays; anal fin with 32 to 40 rays; pelvic fin with 7 rays; IP number 7; PV number 29 to 32; VAV number 17 or 18; OV number 29 to 32; VAL number 17 to 20; AC 18 or 19; preorbital and suborbital luminous organs absent
Black; barbel with no external color but axis of stem pigmented
Distribution
Western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas to the Lesser Antilles and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathypelagic. depth range 0-1807 m.
Biology
Midwater fishes
223.5 mm SL
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-12. Resilience: Medium (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 (as E. bibulbosus, in part)
Gibbs et al. 1983
Sutton and Hopkins 1996, in press
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., T.A. Clarke and J.R. Gomon (1983) Taxonomy and distribution of the stomioid fish genus Eustomias (Melanostomiidae), I: subgenus Nominostomias. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 380:139 p.
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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