The Draconettidae, slope dragonets, are a small family (about 12-14 species) of fish in the order Perciformes. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[2] They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the Callionymidae. They are small fish, the largest species reaching 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Like the callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually sexually dimorphic.[3]
| Draconettidae | |
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| Draconetta xenica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler, 1903 |
| Genera[1] | |
Ecology and behavior
editNot much is known about the ecology of slope dragonets.[2] The larvae are planktonic, while adults live in the benthic zone on soft bottoms from the edge of the outer continental shelf and on seamounts down to around 600 m (2,000 ft) deep.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Draconettidae". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ronald; Anderson, M. Eric (2022). "Family Draconettidae: Slope dragonets" (PDF). In Heemstra, Phillip C.; Heemstra, Elaine; Ebert, David A.; Holleman, Wouter; Randall, John E. (eds.). Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean. Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Makhanda, South Africa: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. p. 466. ISBN 978-1-990951-31-2. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Briggs, J.C.; Hutchins, J.B. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
External links
edit- Smith, J.B.L. 1963. Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa