Classification / Names
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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); tatyanae: Named for Tatyana Borisovna Agafonova.
Eponymy: Tatyana Borisovna Agafonova works at the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow. She collected the holotype of this species during the 1989 cruise of the Fishery Research Vessel ‘Vozrozhdenie’. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 27318). Deep-water
South Pacific. High Seas only.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27318)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Parin, N.V. and O.D. Borodulina, 1998. A review of the Astronesthes luetkeni species group (Astronesthidae, Stomiiformes), with a description of two new species. J. Ichthyol. 38(2):153-162. (Ref. 27318)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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