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This paper provides the first photographic evidence of nest-guarding posture in the Antarctic bathydraconid Parachaenichthys charcoti in its natural habitat. Because bathydraconids are not monophyletic and P. charcoti is included in a different clade than Gymnodraco acuticeps, there is now documentation of nest guarding in all major clades of Antarctic notothenioids except for the Artedidraconidae.
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We thank Prof. J. T. Eastman for his constructive comments on this work. The manuscript was also kindly reviewed by Dr M. Vacchi.
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Barrera-Oro, E.R., Lagger, C. Egg-guarding behaviour in the Antarctic bathydraconid dragonfish Parachaenichthys charcoti . Polar Biol 33, 1585–1587 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0847-3
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