David Shale / Close up of head of Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa} showing lure, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure and light organs, deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa} having swallowed a Lanternfish {Myctophidae} almost as large as itself, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa}, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa}, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure, deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} showing section of the body with ventral light organs and a gelatinous layer also with light organs, deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure, deep sea Atlantic ocean

Solvin Zankl / Scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa) head portrait, showing distinctive long barbel under the lower jaw, observed during RV Sonne, Cruise SO285, in the South Atlantic, specifically in the Benguela upwelling...

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure, deep sea Atlantic ocean