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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Astronesthinae
Etymology: Borostomias: Greek, boros, -a, -on = gluttonous + Greek, stomías, -ou = a tough, hard -mouthed horse (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; intervalo de profundidade ? - 658 m (Ref. 26165). Deep-water; 35°N -
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Congo. Western Atlantic: southern part of USA to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. One specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608). Western Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Also known from the Northwest Pacific (Ref. 41173). Elsewhere, Indian Ocean.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4465)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 13; Raios anais : 18. Body moderately elongate and slender, enlarge fanglike teeth in the jaws. Moderate chin barbel, bulbous black proximal part and narrow pale distal part. Serial photophores not broken into small groups (Ref. 37039).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
An oceanic and mesopelagic species usually found deeper than 500 m during the day (Ref. 2802). Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 2802).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1990. Astronesthidae. p. 300-307. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4465)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00417 (0.00170 - 0.01023), b=3.05 (2.84 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items. |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). 🛈 |