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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 | |
|---|---|
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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] | |
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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 Callenger 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]
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There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878
- Bathydraco joannae H. H. DeWitt, 1985
- Bathydraco macrolepis Boulenger, 1907
- Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938 (Deep-water dragon)
- Bathydraco scotiae Dollo, 1906
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