Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei
Family: Bathydraconidae Antarctic dragonfishes
Subfamily: Bathydraconinae
Genus: Bathydraco

(See list of species below)


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5 species (see list below)
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Southern Ocean
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878

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Bathydraco antarcticus
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Southern Ocean
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Bathydraco joannae DeWitt, 1985

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Bathydraco joannae
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Southern Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Bathydraco macrolepis Boulenger, 1907

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Bathydraco macrolepis
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Southern Ocean
Max. Length 23 cm SL
Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938

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Bathydraco marri
[Deep-water dragon]

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Southern Ocean
Max. Length 17 cm SL
Bathydraco scotiae Dollo, 1906

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Bathydraco scotiae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathydraco antarcticus Southern Ocean 24 SL 1878
Bathydraco joannae Southern Ocean 20 SL 1985
Bathydraco macrolepis Southern Ocean 25 SL 1907
Bathydraco marri Deep-water dragon Southern Ocean 23 SL 1938
Bathydraco scotiae Southern Ocean 17 SL 1906



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