Centrodraco otohime

Centrodraco otohime
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Callionymiformes
Family:	Draconettidae
Genus:	Centrodraco
Species:	C. otohime
Binomial name
	Centrodraco otohime; Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980

Centrodraco otohime is a species of fish in the family Draconettidae, the slope dragonets. It is found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named for Otohime, the Princess of the Dragon Palace, Ryūgū-jō, which is at the bottom of the sea, in the Japanese fairy tale Urashima Tarō.[3]

References

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Centrodraco otohime" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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[1] Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Centrodraco otohime" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.