boa dragonfish
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Stomias boa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:01.861134+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
- Name authority
- (Risso, 1810)
- Common name
- boa dragonfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Stomias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderStomiiformes
- familyStomiidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyStomiinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusStomias Cuvier, 1816
- speciesStomias boa (Risso, 1810)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Stomias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gunther's boafishStomias affinis Günther, 1887 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stomias atriventer Garman, 1899 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortbarbel dragonfishStomias brevibarbatus Ege, 1918 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stomias danae Ege, 1933 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longbarb scaly dragonfishStomias longibarbatus (Brauer, 1902) | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stomias lampropeltis Gibbs, 1969 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stomias gracilis Garman, 1899 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alcock's boafishStomias nebulosus Alcock, 1889 | StomiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Esox boa Risso, 1810 Risso, 1810 | synonym |
| Stomias atlanticus Pappenheim, 1912 Pappenheim, 1912 | synonym |
| Stomias barbatus Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829 | synonym |
| Stomias bonapartei Fowler, 1912 Fowler, 1912 | synonym |
| Stomiasunculus barbatus Kaup, 1860 Kaup, 1860 | synonym |
| Stomias elongatus var. atlanticus Pappenheim, 1912 Pappenheim, 1912 | synonym |
| Stomias boa boa (Risso, 1810) (Risso, 1810) | synonym |
| Stomias elongatus atlanticus Pappenheim, 1912 Pappenheim, 1912 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127374 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6ZV6Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.