Eustomias variabilis
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Stomiiformes
Stomiidae (Dragonfishes)
Eustomias
Eustomias variabilis
Description
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Composite (multiple sources) (Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) 2002. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome.)
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Body slender and elongate, color black; body depth 8-10% SL. Long, tapering, protrusible snout. Chin barbel moderately short, 18-41% SL. Barbel with slender stem and 2-4 terminal bulbs, with proximal (0.3-1.3% SL) and distal (0.6-2.1% SL) bulbs separated by a distance of 4-6.2% SL. Distal bulb bears terminal filaments 0.3-4.9% SL that either possess or lack swollen bulblets. Deep ventral groove absent. Pectoral rays free (Ref. 37039).
Distribution
Tropical NW Atlantic.
Habitat Associations
Marine. pelagic-oceanic.
Biology
To 15 cm.
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: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
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.
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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