Proud dragonfish (Eustomias achirus)

Scientific name: Eustomias achirus Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1974

The Proud dragonfish (Eustomias achirus) is a marine fish of the family Stomiidae.

Species facts

Scientific name
Eustomias achirus
Family
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes)
Order
Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and Dragonfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.7
Depth range
0–200 m (0–656 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 200 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara south to Angola. Western Atlantic: scattered records from the Gulf of Mexico and west of 45?W between 41?N-9?N. Also, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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