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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); albibulbus: Named in reference to its completely unpigmented bulb (Ref. 45801).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 400 m (Ref. 45801). Deep-water
Eastern Central Pacific: near Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Barbel with a short, stout medial branch arising from barbel stem and a pair of longer, lateral branches arising from medial branch just distal to stem, thin and tapering except for a short side branch, reaching well beyond barbel tip; stem pigment extending to terminal bulb; bulb spheroidal, unpigmented, with six to ten long medial terminal filaments and two or three pairs of smaller lateral filaments (Ref. 45801).
Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Maximum depth range from Ref. 122680.
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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