Astronesthes boulengeri, Boulenger's snaggletooth

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Astronesthes boulengeri Gilchrist, 1902

Boulenger's snaggletooth
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> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Astronesthinae
Etymology: Astronesthes: Greek, astra = ray + Greek, esthes, -es = suit, something used to wrap (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist at the British Museum, London. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 12 - 4000 m (Ref. 34190). Deep-water; 20°S - 40°S

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Circumsubtropical 30° and 40°S.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 34190); 21.2 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 13 - 17; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 12 - 18. Black in color with pale luminous patches, which develop with growth, on dorsal and ventral caudal peduncle and other parts of body (Ref. 3982).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1986. Astronesthidae. p. 231-234. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3982)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 3 - 8.3, mean 4 °C (based on 422 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00171 - 0.01014), b=3.05 (2.84 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100). 🛈