Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1 - 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 2 - 14; Anal soft rays: 13. Eyes in head, 1.9-2.2. Two simple strong spines on preoperculum and suboperculum (Ref. 232).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Draconettidae

Genus: Centrodraco

Species: Centrodraco acanthopoma (Regan, 1904)

Climate Zone

Location

• North Atlantic: west from off Key West, Florida to Georgia; in the east from Portugal, Meteor Bank, Josephine Bank, Madeira and off Casablanca, Morocco.

Biology

Found in deep water, 150-600 m, on muddy bottoms. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, mainly worms and crustaceans (Ref. 53643).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless