Centrodraco

Centrodraco is a genus of slope dragonets found in deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian & Pacific Oceans.

Centrodraco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Draconettidae
Genus: Centrodraco
Regan, 1913
Type species
Draconetta acanthopoma
Regan, 1904

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

  • Centrodraco abstractum R. Fricke, 2002 (Abstract slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco acanthopoma (Regan, 1904) (North Atlantic slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco atrifilum R. Fricke, 2010
  • Centrodraco fidelis R. Fricke, 2015 [1]
  • Centrodraco gegonipus (Parin, 1982) (Sala y Gómez slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco insolitus (McKay, 1971) (Western Australian slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco lineatus R. Fricke, 1992
  • Centrodraco nakaboi R. Fricke, 1992 (Nakabo's slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco oregonus (Briggs & F. H. Berry, 1959) (Brazilian slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco ornatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (Ornate slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco otohime Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980
  • Centrodraco pseudoxenicus (Kamohara, 1952) (Japanese slope dragonet)
  • Centrodraco rubellus R. Fricke, Chave & Suzumoto, 1992
  • Centrodraco striatus (Parin, 1982) (Striped slope dragonet)

References

  1. Fricke, R. (2015): Centrodraco fidelis (Draconettidae), a new deepwater dragonet species from the southern Loyalty Ridge, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Cybium, 39 (3): 211-217.
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