Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal soft rays: 13. This species is distinguished by the following: D III. D2 14: A 13; in males, the first dorsal fin has the second spine elongate and filamentous and the second dorsal fin very low, without filaments; opercular spine in subopercular spine 1.8-2.4; the body slightly compressed, body depth 7.4-8.5% of SL, body width 7.7-8.8% of SL; pectoral fin is short and not reaching to anus when adpressed, pectoral fin length 9.9-11.8% of SL; body colour pattern in males pale, with a single grey spot on the beginning of the lower lateral line; filament of first dorsal fin pale, fin with a large basal dark blotch; anal fin with three dark blotches in males (Ref. 105116).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Draconettidae

Genus: Centrodraco

Species: Centrodraco fidelis Fricke, 2015

Climate Zone

Location

• Southwest Pacific: New Caledonia.

Biology

Collected with dredge from a sand bottom, together with the lophiid Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797), the cynoglossid Paraplagusia sp., and the hoplichthyid Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert, 1905 (Ref. 105116).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless