Biology:Dacodraco hunteri
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Short description: Species of fish
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Genus: | Dacodraco Waite, 1916
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Species: | D. hunteri
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Dacodraco hunteri Waite, 1916
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Dacodraco hunteri is a species of crocodile icefish native to the Southern Ocean at depths of from 300 to 800 metres (980 to 2,620 ft).[1] This species has a circum-Antarctic distribution and lives on the continental shelf.[1] This species grows to a length of 29 centimetres (11 in) TL.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.
This species has a long larval pelagic phase. It is of no interest to commercial fisheries.[1]
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