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Teleostei (teleosts) > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Draconettidae (Slope dragonets)
Etymology: Centrodraco:Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335); abstractum:Name refers to the body coloration which look like pieces of abstract art style. More on author: Fricke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 382 m (Ref. 75990). Deep-water
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75990); 9.0 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsalspines (total): 3; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 12 - 14; Analsoft rays: 13. Distinguished by the following characters D1 III, D2 12-14; A 13; pectoral 24-27; the first dorsal spine is slightly longer than the second one in both sexes, but not elongate; the second dorsal fin distally slightly convex in both sexes, with the male having very short distal filaments (none in females); sides of body with a group of 6-7 short transverse streaks below the anterior portion of the second dorsal fin, with a dark saddle each before the first dorsal fin base and behind the second dorsal fin base, and a dark area on the caudal peduncle and basal caudal fin extending as a short dorsal dark stripe on the proximal one-third of the caudal fin; anterior and posterior basal sections of second dorsal fin dusky in male, the vertical fins otherwise pale (Ref. 75990). Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., 2002. Centrodraco abstractum, a new species of deepwater dragonets from the Philippines (Teleostei: Draconettidae). Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturkd., Ser. A Nr. 633:1-8. (Ref. 75990)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
