Oneirodidae

Smooth dreamer

Chaenophryne draco

Females dwarf the males

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• North America
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Small

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.