xenica, Draconetta Jordan [D. S.] & Fowler [H. W.] 1903:939, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1305); ref. 2462] Suruga Bay off Namazu, Japan, Albatross station 3700, depth 100 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 50816. Type catalog: Fricke 1982:57 [ref. 5432]. •Valid as Draconetta xenica Jordan & Fowler 1903 -- (Fricke 1982:57 [ref. 5432], Yamamoto in Okamura et al. 1982:293, 404 [ref. 8256], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:342 [ref. 6441], Fricke 1992:191 [ref. 20038], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1124 [ref. 25182], Fricke 2001:3573 [ref. 26292], Shinohara et al. 2001:331 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1124 [ref. 26193], Fricke 2002:71 [ref. 26547], Mundy 2005:469 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:389 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2010:344 [ref. 30772], Fricke et al. 2015:9 [ref. 33930], Fricke 2015:214 [ref. 34018], Fricke & Anderson 2022:467 [ref. 39660]). Current status: Valid as Draconetta xenica Jordan & Fowler 1903. Draconettidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Knysna (South Africa) and East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands (U. S. A.), north to southern Japan, south to northern Norfolk Rise (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.