Stomias is a genus of barbeled dragonfishes. They live in the mesopelagic zone of all oceans and show diel vertical migration and sexual dimorphism (males are smaller, have larger eyes and larger postorbital photophores than females.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:
- Stomias affinis <small>Günther, 1887</small> (Günther's boafish)
- Stomias atriventer <small>Garman, 1899</small> (Black-belly dragonfish)
- Stomias boa <small>(A. Risso, 1810)</small>
- Stomias boa boa <small>(A. Risso, 1810)</small> (Boa dragonfish)
- Stomias boa colubrinus <small>Garman, 1899</small>
- Stomias boa ferox <small>J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1842</small>
- Stomias brevibarbatus <small>Ege, 1918</small>
- Stomias danae <small>Ege, 1933</small>
- Stomias gracilis <small>Garman, 1899</small>
- Stomias lampropeltis <small>Gibbs, 1969</small>
- Stomias longibarbatus <small>(A. B. Brauer, 1902)</small> (Longbarb scaly dragonfish)
- Stomias nebulosus <small>Alcock, 1889</small> (Alcock's boafish)
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