Bathydraco
# Bathydraco

Bathydraco is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Bathydraconidae, the Antarctic dragonfishes. They are native to the Southern Ocean.

## Taxonomy

Bathydraco was first described as a genus in 1878 by the German-born British ichthyologist Albert Günther as a monotypic genus with B. antarctica, which had been collected on the Callenger expedition south of Heard Island, as its type species. The generic name Bathydraco is a combination of bathy meaning "deep" and draco meaning dragon, the type of B. antarctica was collected at 2,304 m (7,559 ft) and draco is a commonly used suffix for Notothenioids.

## Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

* Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878
* Bathydraco joannae H. H. DeWitt, 1985
* Bathydraco macrolepis Boulenger, 1907
* Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938 (Deep-water dragon)
* Bathydraco scotiae Dollo, 1906
