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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Astronesthinae
Etymology: Astronesthes: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, esthes, -es = suit, something used to wrap (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري مياه عميقة; نطاق العمق 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 34°N - 30°S
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western central Atlantic close to the Bahamas and Antilles from 30°-20°N between 24°-47°W. One specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 4465); 12.5 cm (female)
الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 18 - 21; أشعه شرجية لينه: 13 - 15. Body moderately elongate and slender. Chin barbel about half head length. Tip of barbel slightly swollen. Maxillary teeth are comblike and closely spaced. Photophores small, not broken in small groups. Luminous patches developed on operculum and nostrils. Dark color (Ref. 37039).
Found on island or continental slopes (Ref. 2802). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.6 - 16.6, mean 9.5 °C (based on 345 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00141 - 0.00817), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.58 se; based on food items.
المرونه (Ref.
120179): وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).