''Draculo'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

dragonet Dragonets are small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek language, Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are Benthos, ...

s found mainly in the tropical waters of the western

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Draculo celetus'' (

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...

, 1963) (Dainty dragonet) * ''

Draculo maugei ''Draculo'' is a genus of dragonets found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Draculo celetus'' (James Leonard Brierley Smith, J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (D ...

'' (

, 1966) (Maugé's dragone) * '' Draculo mirabilis'' Snyder, 1911 (Wonder dragonet) * '' Draculo pogognathus'' ( Gosline, 1959) (Hawaiian wonder dragonet) * '' Draculo shango'' ( W. P. Davis & C. R. Robins, 1966) (Shango dragonet)

References

Callionymidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder {{Callionymidae-stub