Fish · notothenioid

Abyssal Antarctic dragonfish

Bathydraco scotiae

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic A single ocean

Depth

Slope of the Antarctic continent, from about 2,100 to 2,950 m

Size

Up to 17 cm

Diet

Small seafloor animals

Zone

The sea floor · 200 – 3,500 m

Key facts

• It lives on the slope of the Antarctic continent, more than 2,000 m deep.
• Its family has only 18 species, all around Antarctica.
• Like its cousins, it has no swim bladder and does not float: it stays resting on the bottom.
• Antarctic dragonfishes have no spiny dorsal fin.

Verified sources

1. FishBase : Bathydraco scotiae
2. FishBase : famille Bathydraconidae
3. A. DeVries, Open Access Government : les poissons notothénioïdes

In the game: To observe

In the same zone

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