Bathydraconidae
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The Antarctic dragonfishes are a family, Bathydraconidae, of deep-sea perciform fishes.[1][2]
They are benthopelagic fishes found in Antarctic waters. They are not fished commercially and little is known about them.[3]
[edit] Species
There are seventeen described species in eleven genera:
- Genus Acanthodraco
- Acanthodraco dewitti Skóra, 1995.
- Genus Akarotaxis
- Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916).
- Genus Bathydraco
- 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).[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Andrzej Kompowski. "Studies on Psilodraco breviceps Norman, 1937 (Pisces, Nototheniodei, Bathydraconidae) from the region of South Georgia". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria.
- ^ N. Derome, W. J. Chen, A. Dettai, C. Bonillo, G. Lecointre (2002). "Phylogeny of Antarctic dragonfishes (Bathydraconidae, Notothenioidei, Teleostei) and related families based on their anatomy and two mitochondrial genes". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 24 (1): 139–152.
