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Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes) > Bathydraconinae
Etymology: Racovitzia: Because of Janko von Racovitz, Rumanian entomologist.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Emil G Racoviță (sometimes Racovitza) (1868–1947) was a Romanian zoologist and especially a pioneering bio-speleologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 219 - 610 m. Deep-water; 57°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: circum-Antarctic on continental shelf, insular shelf of the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, Elephant Island and South Shetland Island.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 28.7 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 84.80 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 84.80 g
Larvae 12-13 mm TL found in November, larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 41551). Larvae and juveniles present during summer. Food item: amphipods, Euphausia superba. Dependence on krill indicative from association of juveniles with krill concentrations in oceanic waters (Ref. 5192).
Gon, O., 1990. Bathydraconidae. p. 364-380. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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