Bathydraconidae

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The Antarctic dragonfishes are a family, Bathydraconidae, of deep-sea perciform fishes.["Bathydraconidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.[Bathydraconidae (TSN 171110)]. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 20 March 2006.

They are benthopelagic fishes found in Antarctic waters. They are not fished commercially and little is known about them.

Species

There are seventeen described species in eleven genera:

Genus Acanthodraco
* Acanthodraco dewitti Skóra, 1995.
Genus Akarotaxis
* Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916).
Genus Bathydraco
* Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878.
* Bathydraco joannae DeWitt, 1985.
* Bathydraco macrolepis Boulenger, 1907.
* Deepwater dragon, Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938.
* Bathydraco scotiae Dollo, 1906.
Genus Cygnodraco
* Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916.
Genus Gerlachea
* Gerlachea australis Dollo, 1900.
Genus Gymnodraco
* Gymnodraco acuticeps Boulenger, 1902.
Genus Parachaenichthys
* Parachaenichthys charcoti (Vaillant, 1906).
* Parachaenichthys georgianus (Fischer, 1885).
Genus Prionodraco
* Prionodraco evansii Regan, 1914.
Genus Psilodraco
* Psilodraco breviceps Norman, 1937.
Genus Racovitzia
* Racovitzia glacialis Dollo, 1900.
* Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite, 1916).
Genus Vomeridens
* Vomeridens infuscipinnis (DeWitt, 1964).

Molecular data support the split of bathydraconids into three clades: Bathydraconinae (Bathydraco, Prionodraco, Racovitzia), Gymnodraconinae (Gymnodraco, Psilodraco, Acanthodraco), and Cygnodraconinae (Cygnodraco, Gerlachea, Parachaenichthys).

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