Boa dragonfish (Stomias ferox). Also known as: Stomias boa. Norsk: Storkjeft.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Boa dragonfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Boa dragonfish
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The boa dragonfish (Stomias ferox, listed by Artsdatabanken as Stomias boa) is a slender deep-sea fish with a long, eel-like body, a small head, a big mouth and sharp, pointed teeth. Its dorsal and anal fins sit far back, just in front of the forked tail. Two dense rows of light organs run along the belly, and a chin barbel roughly as long as the head ends in a glowing bulb. Small six-sided scales cover the skin, which is silvery on the flanks and black beneath. It reaches about 32 cm. By day it stays deep, often below 1,000 m, but at night it migrates towards the surface to hunt small fish and crustaceans. It occurs in temperate and tropical oceans, and the North Atlantic form is now often treated as a separate species, Stomias ferox. In Norway there are only very rare records, including one off Lofoten, so it is Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).