Draconettidae, the slope dragonets, is a small family of fish in the order Perciformes

Perciformes

The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 and western Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

s. They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the Callionymidae. They are small fish, the largest species reaching 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long. Like the Callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually sexually dimorphic

Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...

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Species

There are eleven species in two genera:

• Genus Centrodraco Regan, 1913
  • Centrodraco abstractum Fricke, 2002.
  • Centrodraco acanthopoma (Regan, 1904).
  • Centrodraco atrifilum Fricke, 2010.
  • Centrodraco gegonipus (Parin, 1982).
  • Centrodraco insolitus (McKay, 1971).
  • Centrodraco nakaboi Fricke, 1992.
  • Centrodraco ornatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
  • Centrodraco otohime Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980.
  • Centrodraco pseudoxenicus (Kamohara, 1952).
  • Centrodraco rubellus Fricke, Chave & Suzumoto, 1992.
  • Centrodraco striatus (Parin, 1982).
• Genus Draconetta Jordan
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   and Fowler, 1903
  • Draconetta xenica Jordan
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    & Fowler, 1903.