Fish of the Stomias genus of the Stomiidae family of the Phosichthyoidei suborder of the Stomiiformes order of the Stenopterygii superorder.
(Boa dragonfish. Photo by © Fran Martín de la Sierra. mundoabisal.com)
Boa dragonfish (Stomias boa boa) was first described in 1810 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso (1777-1845).
Bathypelagic species. It occurs at the depth of 200-1.500 meters. The maximum recorded length is 32.2 cm. It feeds on fish and zooplankton.
(Boa dragonfish. Photo by © Mariano García Rodríguez. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the southern part of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of boa dragonfish (Stomias boa boa) in other languages are as follows:
Estomias (Spanish), Drago di mare (Italian), Boa-Drachenfisch (German), Pește-dragon-boa (Romanian), Стомия-боа (Stomija-boa) (Russian), Zmijozub, Zmijozub crvobrad (Serbian, Croatian), Poisson-dragon commun (French).