Centrodraco otohime is a species of fish in the family Draconettidae, the slope dragonets. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Draconettidae |
| Genus: | Centrodraco |
| Species: | C. otohime
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| Binomial name | |
| Centrodraco otohime | |
Description
editThis species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe 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- ^ 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.). "Centrodraco otohime". FishBase. 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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