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Draconettidae
| Draconettidae | |
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| Draconetta xenica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler, 1903 |
| Genera[1] | |
The Draconettidae, slope dragonets, are a small family (about 12-14 species) of fish in the order Perciformes. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[2] They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the Callionymidae. They are small fish, the largest species reaching 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Like the callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually sexually dimorphic.[3]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Draconettidae". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Fricke, Ronald; Anderson, M. Eric (2022). "Family Draconettidae: Slope dragonets" (PDF). In Heemstra, Phillip C.; Heemstra, Elaine; Ebert, David A.; Holleman, Wouter; Randall, John E. (eds.). Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean. Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Makhanda, South Africa: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. p. 466. ISBN 978-1-990951-31-2. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Briggs, J.C.; Hutchins, J.B. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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