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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Melanostomias: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico. Deep-water
Western Pacific.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 42080)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15 - 16; Radios blandos anales: 18 - 20. Remarks: Distal end of barbel extremely compressed, membranous, with many luminous bodies.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Mesopelagic species (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 2.2 - 3.5, mean 2.5 °C (based on 903 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00116 - 0.00786), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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