Smooth dreamer
Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Chaenophryne draco, the smooth dreamer, or smooth-headed dreamer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This predatory, deep-sea fish is found in the tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. Like other deep-sea anglerfishes, it is sexually dimorphic, with the metamorphosed females dwarfing the metamorphosed males. The males are not sexual parasites.
Wikipedia contributors, Chaenophryne draco; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:19:32.301645+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932
- Name authority
- Beebe, 1932
- Common name
- Smooth dreamer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Oneirodidae
- Genus
- Chaenophryne
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderLophiiformes
- suborderCeratioidei
- familyOneirodidae Gill, 1878
- genusChaenophryne Regan, 1925
- speciesChaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chaenophryne atriconus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | synonym |
| Chaenophryne parviconus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | synonym |
| Chaenophryne columnifera Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | synonym |
| Chaenophryne macractis Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | synonym |
| Chaenophryne melanodactylus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Beebe, W. (1932). Nineteen new species and four post-larval deep-sea fish. Zoologica, 13. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203730 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:T9LD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.