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IllustrationWestern Australian slope dragonet
Centrodraco insolitus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Western Australian slope dragonet
- Scientific
- Centrodraco insolitus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 317 to 350 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small slope dragonet with a pale body marked by two groups of dusky spots, reaching about 10 cm. It lives on deep bottoms at around 300 to 350 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Centrodraco-insolitus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.