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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); paxtoni: Named for John R. Paxton, for his contributions to the knowledge of pelagic fishes (Ref. 45801).

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1250 m (Ref. 45801). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Indo-West Pacific: in equatorial waters.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL (female)

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Barbel with medial branch arising from stem and a pair of lateral branches arising from medial branch distal to its origin; medial branch stout, almost as thick as stem, terminating in rounded tip lacking filaments; lateral branches tiny, short filaments; terminal bulb protruding strongly dorsad, ovoid in lateral profile; three long medial terminal filaments on distal end of bulb; a pair of dorso-lateral terminal filaments terminating in small but prominent spheroids (Ref. 45801).

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Clarke, T.A., 2001. Pelagic fishes of the genus Eustomias, subgenus Dinematochirus (Stomiidae), in the Indo-Pacific with the description of twelve new speices. Copeia 2001(3):683-699. (Ref. 45801)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Eustomias paxtoni Clarke, 2001