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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 58018). Subtropical
Pacific Ocean: Coral Sea, near Hawaii, and the northwest Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.8 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Barbel with three branches arising together from stem; each branch consisting of a bulblet on a short stalk, not reaching barbel tip; stem pigment extending onto proximal half of spheroidal terminal bulb; bulb with one long, beaded medial terminal filament dorsally and several shorter medial and paired lateral filaments near the tip and ventrally (Ref. 45801).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).
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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