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Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Dolloidraco: After Louis Dollo, professor of Paleontology in Lille, France; 1857 + Greek, drako = dragon.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 203 - 1145 m. Deep-water; 64°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, Graham Land, Queen Mary Land, South Victoria Land.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5181); max. published weight: 13.90 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 13.90 g
Found on the sublittoral and continental shelf. Adults feed mainly on errant polychaetes; also in the gut content were gammarid amphipods, isopods, sedentary polychaetes and unidentified polychaetes (Ref. 5181).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eakin, R.R., 1990. Artedidraconidae. p. 332-356. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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