Click on map for details about points. IDnature guide Fish Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Eustomias&speciesname=variabilis ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Eustomias&speciesname=variabilis http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Eustomias&speciesname=variabilis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Eustomias&speciesname=variabilis https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Eustomias&speciesname=variabilis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Eustomias-variabilis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Eustomias Species in    Stomiidae - Classification - Melanostomiinae Stomiidae Stomiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Eustomias variabilis Regan & Trewavas , 1930 Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Eustomias variabilis   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Stomiidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae Etymology: Eustomias: Greek, eu = good + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Regan & Trewavas . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Western Atlantic: Straits of Florida, the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Sea, and off the northern coast of South America. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 14.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37039 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 22-24; Anal soft rays : 33 - 37. Body slender and elongate, color black; body depth 8-10% SL. Long, tapering, protrusible snout. Chin barbel moderately short, 18-41% SL. Barbel with slender stem and 2-4 terminal bulbs, with proximal (0.3-1.3% SL) and distal (0.6-2.1% SL) bulbs separated by a distance of 4-6.2% SL. Distal bulb bears terminal filaments 0.3-4.9% SL that either possess or lack swollen bulblets. Deep ventral groove absent. Pectoral rays free (Ref. 37039 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools Updated: 2024-04-26 15:57:35 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation