Stomias boa
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. Three subspecies are recognised:
 Stomias boa boa (A. Risso, 1810)  
 Stomias boa colubrinus (Garman, 1899)
 Stomias boa ferox (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1842)

Description
Stomias boa has an elongated body and small head; it is up to  in length, black underneath and iridescent silver on its flanks, with a barbel that has a pale stem, dark spot at base of bulb and three blackish filaments. It has six rows of hexagonal areas above a lateral series of large photophores. The dorsal and anal fins are opposite each other, just anterior to the caudal fin. Distribution and habitat
Stomias boa is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of  in seas worldwide, particularly off the Atlantic coast of North America, in the Mediterranean and in a band 20°–45° S. S. boa ferox is concentrated in the North Atlantic. S. boa colubrinus is most common off the Congo coast and the northwest coast of South America. Diet
Stomias boa eats midwater fishes and crustaceans; it rises to near the surface to feed at night. Reproduction
Stomias boa is oviparous; its larvae are  in length. References

Stomiidae
Fish described in 1810
Taxa named by Antoine Risso