| Family: |
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes), subfamily: Melanostomiinae |
| Max. size: |
10.28 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range - 100 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-20; Anal soft rays: 32-32. This species is distinguished by the a unique barbel structure: barbel short, its length 19.6% SL; terminal bulb rounded and large, its greatest width almost 5 times of stem width; presence of a simple, thin appendage of branch arising near base of terminal bulb with its distal tip extending beyond terminal bulb; two long (longer than terminal bulb) and one short (as long as barbel diameter) filaments on distal tip of terminal bulb; branch and terminal filaments without pigments, luminous swellings, and secondary branches; stem unpigmented, axis pigmented; further unique meristic characters in the subgenus include, D 20; A 32; IP 8; PV 33; VAV 14 (Ref. 121636). |
| Biology: |
This species was collected from a depth shallower than 100 m, by a mid-water trawl that was targeting the Sakura-shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens) (Ref. 121636). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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