Boa Dragonfish
Stomias boa
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Stomias
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 14 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 9 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 3 records
- Ustica, Italy - 2 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 89 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 9 records
- Azores, Portugal - 8 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 163 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 22 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 2 records