| Bathydraco | |
|---|---|
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| B. antarcticus | |
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| Deep-water Dragon (B. marri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathydraconidae |
| Genus: | Bathydraco Günther, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Bathydraco antarcticus Günther 1878 [1] | |
Bathydraco is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Bathydraconidae, the Antarctic dragonfishes. They are native to the Southern Ocean.
Bathydraco was first described as a genus in 1878 by the German-born British ichthyologist Albert Günther as a monotypic genus with B. antarctica , which had been collected on the Challenger expedition south of Heard Island, as its type species. [1] [2] The generic name Bathydraco is a combination of bathy meaning "deep" and draco meaning dragon, the type of B. antarctica was collected at 2,304 m (7,559 ft) and draco is a commonly used suffix for Notothenioids. [3]
There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [4]
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