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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Melanostomias: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); dio: Name 'dio' in honor of late Ronald James Padavona, professionally known as Ronnie James Dio, for popularizing the hand gesture commonly referred to as horns up, in allusion to the shape of the terminal bulb on the chin barbel of the new species.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 440 m (Ref. 137820). Tropical
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 137820)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16; Radios blandos anales: 19; Vértebra: 55. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: chin barbel ending in a prominent terminal bulb with the barbel stem not extending below the bulb as a separate termination; two relatively large, slender membranous appendages arising bilaterally from the distal margin of the bulb (Ref. 137820).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Villarins, B.T., L.G. Fischer, A.M. Prokofiev and M.M. Mincarone, 2023. A new species of the Dragonfish genus Melanostomias (Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the Western Tropical Atlantic. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 111(2):254-263. (Ref. 137820)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00115 - 0.00790), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
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