The Draconettidae, slope dragonets, are a small family (about 14 species) of fish in the order
Perciformes
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. They are found in temperate to tropical waters of the
Atlantic
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,
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
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and western
Pacific Ocean
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s. They are closely related to, and appear similar to, the fish of the
Callionymidae
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 ...
. They are small fish, the largest species reaching long. Like the callionymids, they are bottom-dwelling fish, and usually
sexually dimorphic
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.
See also
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List of fish families
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
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A - B - C - D - E - F -
G - H - I - J - K -
L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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References
External links
* Smith, J.B.L. 1963
Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28 Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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