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Centrodraco otohime
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Callionymiformes
Family: Draconettidae
Genus: Centrodraco
Species:
C. otohime
Binomial name
Centrodraco otohime

Nakabo & Yamamoto, 1980

Centrodraco otohime is a species of fish in the family Draconettidae, the slope dragonets. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Description[edit]

This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]

Etymology[edit]

The fish is named for Otohime, the Princess of the Dragon Palace, Ryūgū-jō, which is at the bottom of the sea, in the Japanese fairy tale Urashima Tarō.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
  • ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Centrodraco otohime"inFishBase. February 2015 version.
  • ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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