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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Deep-water

Sidefilament Dragonfish

Eustomias borealis Clarke, 2000
Max Length
14.3 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
4.3
Depth
0–950 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
29.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Overview information for Sidefilament Dragonfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Eustomias borealis
Authority
Clarke, 2000
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
14.3 cm
Depth Range
0–950 m
Trophic Level
4.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
29.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Stomiiformes
Stomiiformes
Family
Stomiidae
Stomiidae
Genus
Eustomias
Eustomias
Species
Sidefilament Dragonfish
Eustomias borealis

🐟 Physical Description

Barbel with three branches arising together from stem; barbel stem pigmented only up to origin of branches; distal stem pigmented only in axis and small internal spots; terminal bulb roughly spheroidal with short streaks of pigment on the dorsal surface roughly outlining numerous unpigmented ovoids visible internally; ovoids not protruding above bulb surface; a single pair of laterally based terminal filaments on the dorsal tip of bulb and two or three medial filaments ventral to them; the dorsal pair longer, usually thicker, and with more side filaments than the medial filaments.: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Sidefilament Dragonfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Sidefilament Dragonfish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Size at Maturity
12.8cm TL

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 950 m . Deep-water North Atlantic: Bermuda.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water 🐟 Pelagic
Trophic Level
4.3±0.8

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00309 × L3.12 (TL)
Max TL
14.3cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2018

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
29.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
4.3
Apex / Top predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Clarke, 2000

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇬🇧English Sidefilament Dragonfish
🌍CES svítivka severoatlantská
🇵🇹Portuguese Peixe-dragão-boreal

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .

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