Draconettidae

Draconettidae
Draconetta xenica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Draconettidae
Genera
Centrodraco Draconetta See text for species.

Draconettidae, the slope dragonets, is a small family of fish in the order Perciformes. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the Callionymidae. They are small fish, the largest species reaching 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long. Like the Callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually sexually dimorphic.^[1]

Species

There are eleven species in two genera:

• Genus Centrodraco Regan, 1913
  • Centrodraco abstractum Fricke, 2002.
  • Centrodraco acanthopoma (Regan, 1904).
  • Centrodraco atrifilum Fricke, 2010.
  • Centrodraco gegonipus (Parin, 1982).
  • Centrodraco insolitus (McKay, 1971).
  • Centrodraco nakaboi Fricke, 1992.
  • Centrodraco ornatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
  • Centrodraco otohime Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980.
  • Centrodraco pseudoxenicus (Kamohara, 1952).
  • Centrodraco rubellus Fricke, Chave & Suzumoto, 1992.
  • Centrodraco striatus (Parin, 1982).
• Genus Draconetta Jordan and Fowler, 1903
  • Draconetta xenica Jordan & Fowler, 1903.

See also

• List of fish families

References

1. ^ Briggs, J.C. & Hutchins, J.B. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 143. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Draconettidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Draconettidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553228. Retrieved 27 March 2006.