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Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); flagellifer: Named in reference to its whiplike branches off the main stem of the barbel (Ref. 45801).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 45801). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: known only from the Molucca Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 45801)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Barbel with three simple whiplike branches arising together from stem and extending beyond tip of terminal bulb; external pigment on stem extending onto dorsal side of terminal bulb; distal margin of pigment smooth; terminal bulb length more than two times its thickness; bulb bearing a simple terminal filament (Ref. 45801).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Clarke, T.A., 2001. Pelagic fishes of the genus Eustomias, subgenus Dinematochirus (Stomiidae), in the Indo-Pacific with the description of twelve new speices. Copeia 2001(3):683-699. (Ref. 45801)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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