Eustomias variabilis

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Eustomias variabilis Regan & Trewavas, 1930

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Straits of Florida, the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea, and off the northern coast of South America.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37039)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 22-24; Anal soft rays: 33 - 37. Body slender and elongate, color black; body depth 8-10% SL. Long, tapering, protrusible snout. Chin barbel moderately short, 18-41% SL. Barbel with slender stem and 2-4 terminal bulbs, with proximal (0.3-1.3% SL) and distal (0.6-2.1% SL) bulbs separated by a distance of 4-6.2% SL. Distal bulb bears terminal filaments 0.3-4.9% SL that either possess or lack swollen bulblets. Deep ventral groove absent. Pectoral rays free (Ref. 37039).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p. (Ref. 37039)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 5.9 - 16.9, mean 10 °C (based on 248 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00117 - 0.00783), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).