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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 / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 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.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: 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).

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).

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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

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1.7 - 13.2, mean 6.8 °C (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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.64 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 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).
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);