Eustomias Crossotus
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 25; Anal soft rays: 38; Vertebrae: 68. Two terminal bulbs separated by a short interspace, 0.3-1.5 times length of distal bulb. Barbel 52-63% SL in specimens larger than 8 cm. Terminal filament long (11-22% SL except in smallest specimen; with 2-4 long branches arising closely together a short distance (less than 0.5 to about 1.3 distal bulb lengths) from distal bulb. All branches with very small bulblets and without sub-branches. Stem axis well pigmented except in smallest specimen (6.6 cm); stem between bulbs and proximal part of filament usually lightly pigmented. Middorsal paired spots under skin between occiput and dorsal-fin origin usually 8, sometimes 7 .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 330 m . Deep-water South China Sea, and off the Solomon Islands.
🌿 Ecology
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🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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