Global InformationAkarotaxis information
| Akarotaxis | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathydraconidae |
| Genus: | Akarotaxis H. H. DeWitt & Hureau, 1980 |
| Species: | A. nudiceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Akarotaxis is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bathydraconidae, the Antarctic dragonfish, its only species is Akarotaxis nudiceps. They are found in the Southern Ocean along the continental shelf of Antarctica.
- ^ Starnes, W.C. (2010). "Akarotaxis nudiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154740A4622925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154740A4622925.en. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Akarotaxis nudiceps" in FishBase. June 2021 version.