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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1990
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Common names from other countries

Estomias, Boa scaly dragonfish, Dragon-boa, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βαθυπελαγικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 200 - 2173 m (Ref. 104125). Deep-water; 71°N - 50°S, 131°W - 180°E

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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.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.2 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 4464)

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Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 0; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 17 - 22; Εδρικές άκανθες: 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 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).

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 Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

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)

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

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.7 - 13.2, mean 6.8 (based on 666 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (0.00053 - 0.00164), b=3.23 (3.07 - 3.39), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.64 se; based on food items.

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).

Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)