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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Malacosteinae
Etymology: Aristostomias: Greek, aristos = the best + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.
Etymology: Aristostomias: Greek, aristos = the best + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 25 - 1100 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 52°N - 57°S, 98°W - 140°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara to Senegal and a single record at 2°S 19°W. Western Atlantic: USA to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Indian Ocean: 5°N to 25°S. Western Pacific: South China Sea, and around Indo-Australian Archipelago; New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: 22°N-9°S between 160°W and 140°W.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 26 - 30. Body moderately slender and elongate. Long, slender barbel bearing cylindrical bulb (Ref. 37039).
Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).
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Main reference
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Goodyear, R.H., 1990. Malacosteidae. p. 338-340. 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. (Ref. 4469)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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