Centrodraco

Centrodraco
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Callionymiformes
Family:	Draconettidae
Genus:	Centrodraco Regan, 1913
Type species
Draconetta acanthopoma Regan, 1904

Centrodraco is a genus of slope dragonets found in deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian & Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Centrodraco abstractum R. Fricke, 2002 (Abstract slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco acanthopoma (Regan, 1904) (North Atlantic slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco atrifilum R. Fricke, 2010
• Centrodraco fidelis R. Fricke, 2015 ^[2]
• Centrodraco gegonipus (Parin, 1982) (Sala y Gómez slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco insolitus (McKay, 1971) (Western Australian slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco lineatus R. Fricke, 1992
• Centrodraco nakaboi R. Fricke, 1992 (Nakabo's slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco oregonus (Briggs & F. H. Berry, 1959) (Brazilian slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco ornatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (Ornate slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco pseudoxenicus (Kamohara, 1952) (Japanese slope dragonet)
• Centrodraco rubellus R. Fricke, Chave & Suzumoto, 1992
• Centrodraco striatus (Parin, 1982) (Striped slope dragonet)

Synonyms

• Centrodraco otohime Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980, synonym of Centrodraco ornatus

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Centrodraco". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 April 2025.
2. Fricke, R. (2015). "Centrodraco fidelis (Draconettidae), a new deepwater dragonet species from the southern Loyalty Ridge, southwestern Pacific Ocean". Cybium. 39 (3): 211–217.