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Draconettidae (Slope dragonets)
Etymology: Centrodraco: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335); fidelis: Name from Latin 'fidelis' meaning loyal, referring to the type locality on the southern Loyalty Ridge..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 412 - 440 m (Ref. 105116). Deep-water
Distribution
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Southwest Pacific: New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 105116)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 3;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 14;
Anal
soft rays: 13. This species is distinguished by the following: D III. D2 14: A 13; in males, the first dorsal fin has the second spine elongate and filamentous and the second dorsal fin very low, without filaments; opercular spine in subopercular spine 1.8-2.4; the body slightly compressed, body depth 7.4-8.5% of SL, body width 7.7-8.8% of SL; pectoral fin is short and not reaching to anus when adpressed, pectoral fin length 9.9-11.8% of SL; body colour pattern in males pale, with a single grey spot on the beginning of the lower lateral line; filament of first dorsal fin pale, fin with a large basal dark blotch; anal fin with three dark blotches in males (Ref. 105116).
Collected with dredge from a sand bottom, together with the lophiid Lophiomus setigerus
(Vahl, 1797), the cynoglossid Paraplagusia sp., and the hoplichthyid Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert, 1905 (Ref. 105116).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., 2015. Centrodraco fidelis (Draconnettidae), a new deepwater dragonet species from the southern Loyalty Ridge, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Cybium 39(3):211-217. (Ref. 105116)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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