The Antarctic dragonfishes are a family, Bathydraconidae, of deep-sea perciform fishes.

They are benthopelagic fishes found in Antarctic

Antarctic

The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

 waters. They are not fished commercially and little is known about them.

Species

There are seventeen described species in eleven genera:

• Genus Acanthodraco
  • Acanthodraco dewitti Skóra, 1995.
• Genus Akarotaxis
  • Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916).
• Genus Bathydraco
  • Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878.
  • Bathydraco joannae DeWitt, 1985.
  • Bathydraco macrolepis Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
    
    , 1907.
  • Deepwater dragon, Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938.
  • Bathydraco scotiae Dollo, 1906.
• Genus Cygnodraco
  • Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916.
• Genus Gerlachea
  • Gerlachea australis Dollo, 1900.
• Genus Gymnodraco
  • Gymnodraco acuticeps Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger
    George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
    
    , 1902.
• Genus Parachaenichthys
  • Parachaenichthys charcoti (Vaillant, 1906).
  • Parachaenichthys georgianus (Fischer, 1885).
• Genus Prionodraco
  • Prionodraco evansii Regan, 1914.
• Genus Psilodraco
  • Psilodraco breviceps Norman, 1937.
• Genus Racovitzia
  • Racovitzia glacialis Dollo, 1900.
  • Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite, 1916).
• Genus Vomeridens
  • Vomeridens infuscipinnis (DeWitt, 1964).

Molecular data support the split of bathydraconids into three clades: Bathydraconinae (Bathydraco, Prionodraco, Racovitzia), Gymnodraconinae (Gymnodraco, Psilodraco, Acanthodraco), and Cygnodraconinae (Cygnodraco, Gerlachea, Parachaenichthys).