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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); teuthidopsis: From the terminal filaments, which resemble the arms and enlarged pair of tentacles of squid..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 171 m (Ref. 11333). Tropical
Distribution
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Pacific Ocean: near the Cook Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11333)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 25;
Anal
soft rays: 36;
Vertebrae: 67. A single terminal bulb 0.8% SL. Barbel length long 89% SL. Short terminal filaments ca 13, 1.8 times bulb length; 2 filaments notably thicker than others, with blunt distal ends and with few or no bulblets. Axis of stem lightly peppered with melanophores; a small dark spot at the base of terminal bulb; groups of small melanophores forming external spots just proximal to bulb. External chevron-shaped or roundish striated areas unpigmented. Number of paired spots unknown (Ref. 11333).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 11333)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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