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Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes) > Bathydraconinae
Etymology: Cygnodraco: Latin, cycneus = swan + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) was an Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Waite.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 110 - 300 m. Polar; 65°S - 79°S
Southern Ocean: Antarctic continental shelf. Probably circum-Antarctic.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 124149); 49.1 cm TL (female); peso massimo pubblicato: 404.20 g (Ref. 124149); peso massimo pubblicato: 404.20 g
Specimens larger than 26 cm TL were breeding. Spawning seems to take place in autumn or early winter. Feeds mainly on benthic and benthopelagic organisms such as fishes (Trematomus spp.), the decapod Crangon antarcticus, mysids, gammarid amphipod and polychaete worms (Ref. 5192). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Gon, O., 1990. Bathydraconidae. p. 364-380. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): -1.8 - -0.2, mean -1.3 °C (based on 72 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00062 (0.00040 - 0.00096), b=3.42 (3.29 - 3.55), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Fec=3,400-8,500).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).