Bathydraconidae

Bathydraco marri

Antarctica dragon fish ( Bathydraconidae ) are living on the ground spitzschnäuzige predators of slender shape. They live exclusively in the Southern Ocean.

Features

Antarctica dragon fish have a flattened head. All species are absent, the first dorsal fin. They are depending on the type, 13 and 59 centimeters long. There are 45 to 79 vertebrae and one or more side lines. The gill membranes are grown together. The mouth is usually not vorstülpbar.

System

The 17 species belonging to eleven genera and mitochondrial DNA studies according to three subfamilies.

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