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Draconettidae

fish family
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  • Bluefin tuna swimming underwater in a group, with silvery bodies and streamlined shapes, near Japan.
    perciform
    / Annotated classification

    Family Draconettidae Look like callionymids but are separated on differences in head skeleton; no preopercular spine; about 12 species; North Atlantic and North Pacific in deep water. Suborder Anabantoidei Small percoidlike fishes characterized by an accessory air-breathing chamber of labyrinthic structure on each side of head,…

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    Family Draconettidae Look like callionymids but are separated on differences in head skeleton; no preopercular spine; about 12 species; North Atlantic and North Pacific in deep water. Suborder Anabantoidei Small percoidlike fishes characterized by an accessory air-breathing chamber of labyrinthic structure on each side of head,…

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