Eustomias schmidti Regan & Trewavas 1930

Barbel with three branches arising from stem; medial branch stout, bulbous and with distal filaments barely reaching to barbel tip; lateral branches tapering, extending well beyond end of barbel (except in small specimens); terminal bulb unpigmented and elongated, occupying most of distal barbel, tightly constricted distally into spheroidal terminal section; terminal filament or single-based group of filaments arising ventrally from constriction.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 28; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 36 - 43

Epi- and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).

fisheries: of no interest