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Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)

Boa dragonfish
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> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Stomiinae
Etymology: Stomias: Greek, stoma = mouth; hard briddle (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Risso.

Issue
Publications needed to re-evaluate vaidity of this species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 200 - 2173 m (Ref. 104125). Deep-water; 71°N - 50°S, 131°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

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.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4464)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 17 - 22; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 18 - 22. Body iridescent silver according to Ref. 3980; black to dark brown according to Ref. 27363. Barbel stem pale, one dark spot at base of bulb, filament blackish (Ref. 27363).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in deep oceanic waters to more than 1,000 m depth, may migrate to near-surface waters at night (Ref. 4783). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 4783).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 4783).

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Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984. Stomiidae. p. 338-340. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4783)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: bycatch
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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 1.7 - 13.2, mean 6.8 °C (based on 666 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (0.00053 - 0.00165), b=3.23 (3.07 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.0   ±0.64 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.7 [14.5, 89.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.39 [0.18, 1.07] mg/100g; Protein = 17.6 [16.1, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.195 [0.074, 0.495] g/100g; Selenium = 18.7 [6.6, 51.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 40.7 [5.1, 306.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.457 [0.254, 0.874] mg/100g (wet weight);