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分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) 鱸形目 (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets) 科 (Dragonets)
Etymology: Protogrammus:Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, gramma = letter, signal (Ref. 45335); antipodus:Named after the antipodes, as it occurs very far from its sister species P.sousai of Northeast Atlantic. More on author: Fricke.
背棘 (總數) : 4; 背的軟條 (總數) : 8 - 9; 臀鰭軟條: 1. This species is distinct with the following characters: preopercular spine with 3-7 dorsal points;
anal fin rays 8; 7 relatively long segments in the ventrolateral fold of skin; first dorsal fin in males filamentous 1st to 3rd spines; anal fin with distal black streaks (Ref. 78107). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: flattened.
Dredged on sand bottom with coralline gravel or rubble at depths of 70-220 m, but possibly restricted to 130-210 m (Ref. 78107).
Fricke, R., 2006. Two new species and a new record of dragonets from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A (Biol.) 696:1-14. (Ref. 78107)
