''Stomias lampropeltis'' is a species of deep-sea fish in the genus ''

Stomias ''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. Specie ...

''. The species has been documented in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

, and fully-grown adults can reach a maximum length of ~.

References

Stomiidae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish described in 1969 {{Stomiiformes-stub