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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Chirostomias: Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 500 m (Ref. 5951). Deep-water; 45°N - 20°N
Eastern Atlantic: Spain south to Mauritania. Western Atlantic: USA to Cuba. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4468)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 18 - 20; Radios blandos anales: 22 - 26. Body slender, compressed, much deeper than wide. Barbel short. Stem of barbel black or dark brown, basal portion of bulb black, terminal luminous portion and filaments yellowish. Postorbital photophore absent in males, present in males. Black, with greenish or bluish bronze iridescence on anterior parts of sides (Ref. 37473).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Mesopelagic species.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett, 1990. Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. 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. 4468)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 11.5 - 19.3, mean 13.8 °C (based on 22 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [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): 4.3 ±0.8 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 (15 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 26 [6, 111] mg/100g; Iron = 0.425 [0.131, 1.408] mg/100g; Protein = 3.06 [0.00, 7.01] %; Omega3 = 0.172 [0.053, 0.606] g/100g; Selenium = 7.76 [1.93, 30.84] μg/100g; VitaminA = 59.7 [7.7, 460.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.52 [0.23, 1.28] mg/100g (wet weight);