Species that contain: Stomias and boa and boa [ 9 ] records

atlanticus, Stomias elongatus var. Pappenheim [P.] 1914:169 [Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 v. 15 (Zoologie v. 7); ref. 3361] South Atlantic between Tristan da Cunha and Cape of Good Hope, 35°10'S, 2°33'E, depth 3000 meters. Syntypes: ZMB 19301 (1?), 19302 (1). •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810) -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Gibbs 1990:297 [ref. 14899], Gon 1990:131 [ref. 21680]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.

barbatus, Stomias Cuvier [G.] 1829:283-284 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2520 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:309 [ref. 293]. Böhlke 1984:158 [ref. 13621] credits name to Bonaparte 1841, with ANSP 7955 as holotype. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810) -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Klausewitz 1989:254 [ref. 13650], Gibbs 1990:297 [ref. 14899]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.

barbatus, Stomiasunculus Kaup [J. J.] 1860:270, Pl. 3 (fig. C) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 6 (no. 34) (art. 36); ref. 2582] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.9.31.12. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810) -- (Gibbs 1990:297 [ref. 14899]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.

boa, Esox Risso [A.] 1810:330, Pl. 10 (fig. 34) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (?): MNHN A-2519. Possible type: SMF 753 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:309 [ref. 293]. •Valid as Stomias boa (Risso 1810) [sometimes as the subspecies boa] -- (Gibbs 1969:4 [ref. 14912], Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:339 [ref. 13675], Fink & Fink 1986:494 [ref. 5176], Gibbs 1986:232 [ref. 5655], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:92 [ref. 14235], Scott & Scott 1988:183 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:207 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:31 [ref. 14125], Klausewitz 1989:254 [ref. 13650], Paulin et al. 1989:99 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:92 [ref. 14674], Gibbs 1990:297 [ref. 14899], Gon 1990:131 [ref. 21680], Gomon et al. 1994:252 [ref. 22532], Galil & Goren 1994:48 [ref. 23163], Nielsen & Schwägermann in Okamura et al. 1995:91 [ref. 22531], Arruda 1997:36 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:90 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:32 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1908 [ref. 24741], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:42 [ref. 26753], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:48 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:87 [ref. 27807], Duhamel et al. 2005:130 [ref. 32059], Golani 2005:21 [ref. 37112], Paxton et al. 2006:442 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2007:58 [ref. 29533], Kenaley et al. 2008:245 [ref. 30630] with subspecies, Lipej & Dulčić 2010:23 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:30 [ref. 31169], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Goren & Galil 2015:520 [ref. 33910], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:489 [ref. 34248], Afonso et al. 2016:27, 285 [ref. 36199], Bañón et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34397], Harold 2016:1818 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565] as boa boa. Mecklenburg et al. 2018:92 [ref. 36370], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:104 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864] as boa boa, Bariche & Fricke 2020:111 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:127 [ref. 37832] as boa boa, Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Dalyan et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38892], Golani 2021:23 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39014], Simian et al. 2022:374 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal in all oceans; western Atlantic; North Atlantic: Greenland; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to South Africa. Habitat: marine.

bonapartei, Stomias Fowler [H. W.] 1912:556, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 63 (for 1911); ref. 14954] Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: ANSP 7955 (in pieces, poor condition). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:158 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810) -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Gibbs 1990:297 [ref. 14899], Gon 1990:131 [ref. 21680]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.

ferox, Stomias Reinhardt [J. C. H.] 1842:83 [Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn) 1842 (no. 6) (for 17 June); ref. 18618] Greenland. Type lost. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:13 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810), but a valid subspecies ferox Reinhardt 1842 -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Scott & Scott 1988:184 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:92 [ref. 14674], Santos et al. 1997:37 [ref. 23531], Hartel & Craddock in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:192 [ref. 26158], Harold 2003:906 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27076], Kenaley et al. 2008:245 [ref. 30630], Fermon et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Distribution: North Atlantic [this subspecies when recognized]. Habitat: marine.

fusus, Stomias Beebe [W.] 1929:7, Fig. 1 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 15884] Hudson Gorge, western Atlantic, 39°15'N, 72°00'W, depth 600 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 170953 [ex NYZS 7667]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:134 [ref. 20648]. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810), subspecies ferox Reinhardt 1843 -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.

gracilis, Stomias Garman [S.] 1899:274 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] South of Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.223. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1910), but a valid subspecies -- (Paulin et al. 1989:99 [ref. 24556]). •Valid as Stomias gracilis Garman 1899 -- (Fink & Fink 1986:494 [ref. 5176], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:118 [ref. 16024], Gon 1990:132 [ref. 21680], Trunov 1999:462 [ref. 24579], Duhamel et al. 2005:132 [ref. 32059], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:490 [ref. 34248]). Current status: Valid as Stomias gracilis Garman 1899. Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.

nicholsi, Stomioides Parr [A. E.] 1933:177, Fig. B [Copeia 1933 (no. 4); ref. 3374] 220 miles east-southeast of Thatcher's Island, Gulf of Maine, above 250 fathoms depth (stomach content). Holotype: MCZ 35779 [ex Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 2010]. •Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810) -- (Morrow 1973:132 [ref. 7175], Scott & Scott 1988:182 [ref. 25518]). Current status: Synonym of Stomias boa (Risso 1810). Stomiidae: Stomiinae. Habitat: marine.