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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); tritentaculatus: Named for the three terminal filaments.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 121636). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121636)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following unique barbel structure: barbel moderately long, its length 65.3% SL; terminal bulb is small, its length 1.2% SL; 3 terminal filaments, one of which is thicker than the others with few pigmentations near base, all filaments simple and lacking bulblets and secondary branches; longest filament length 4.1% SL; axis of stem weakly pigmented; presence of a distinct ring-shaped black spot surrounding base of bulb; further unique meristic characters are - anal-fin rays 35; IP 7; PV 34; VAV 19; OV 31; VAL 19 (Ref. 121636).
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Koeda, K. and H.-C. Ho, 2019. Review of the genus Eustomias (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4702(1):94-106. (Ref. 121636)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Tools
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