''Draculo'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
dragonet
Dragonets are small, percomorph, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most o ...
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
''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'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (Dainty dragonet)
* ''Draculo m ...
''
(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 ...
, 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'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (Dainty dragonet)
* '' Draculo ...
''
(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 ...
, 1966) (Maugé's dragone)
* ''
Draculo mirabilis
''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'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (Dainty dragonet)
* ''Draculo ma ...
''
Snyder, 1911 (Wonder dragonet)
* ''
Draculo pogognathus
''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'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1963) (Dainty dragonet)
* ''Draculo ma ...
''
( 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
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