WoRMS taxon details
Draconetta xenica Jordan & Fowler, 1903
221427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221427)
accepted
Species
Draconetta africana Smith, 1963 · unaccepted
Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; Fowler H. W. (1903). A review of the dragonets (Callionymidae) and related fishes of the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1305): 939-959., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1305.939 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Draconetta xenica Jordan & Fowler, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221427 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; Fowler H. W. (1903). A review of the dragonets (Callionymidae) and related fishes of the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1305): 939-959., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1305.939 [details]
original description (of Draconetta africana Smith, 1963) Smith, J. L. B. (1963). Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 28: 547-564, Pls. 83-86. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Draconetta africana Smith, 1963) Smith, J. L. B. (1963). Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 28: 547-564, Pls. 83-86. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イナカヌメリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Draconetta africana Smith, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Draconetta xenica)
To FishBase (from synonym Draconetta africana Smith, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta hawaiiensis P10047 illustration) (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta xenica FIN028078 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta xenica P10048 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Draconetta africana Smith, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Draconetta xenica)
To FishBase (from synonym Draconetta africana Smith, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta hawaiiensis P10047 illustration) (from synonym Draconetta hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta xenica FIN028078 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconetta xenica P10048 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
