boa dragonfish

Stomias boa

Stomiid Fish Lighting the Deep

Circumpolar Antarctic
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Polar regions
South America
Elongated
Medium

Stomias boa, also known as the boa dragonfish, scaly dragonfish, dragon-boa or boa scaly dragonfish, is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Stomiidae. It is found at great depths worldwide in tropical to temperate oceans but is absent from the northern Pacific and northwest Atlantic Oceans.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Stomias
Maximum length: 32.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean south to Mauritania, and from Angola to South Africa. Southwest Atlantic: Nunavut to Argentina. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068 ). Also, sub-Antarctic region of the Indian Ocean sector south to Heard Island.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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