Eustomias elongatus Clarke 2001

BL greater than 20% SL; barbel with five similar branches apparently arising together from main stem (lateral pair actually arising from bases of medio-lateral pair); stem solidly pigmented, pigment extending onto dorsal side of terminal bulb; bulb elongate, only slightly thicker than stem, with an unpigmented tip usually directed dorsad; terminal filament absent or single and minute, arising from ventral side of bulb tip (Ref. 45801).

Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).