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Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Astronesthinae
Etymology: Astronesthes: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, esthes, -es = suit, something used to wrap (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 850 m (Ref. 37039), usually 0 - 200 m (Ref. 37039). Deep-water; 35°N - 27°S

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Western Central Atlantic: eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including the Antilles (Ref. 26383).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37039)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21. Body moderately elongate and slender. Luminous patches are absent on head and body. Black in color (Ref. 37039). Filaments rising from the sides of the terminal bulb of the barbel (Ref. 37473).

Feeds on fishes (Ref. 37039).

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McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p. (Ref. 37039)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.4 - 28, mean 26.2 °C (based on 1014 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00193 - 0.00902), b=2.96 (2.77 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Astronesthes similus Parr, 1927