DragforcesactingonSchlegel'sblackrockfishSebastesschlegeliwerestudied.AnewdragforcetransducerwasdesignedandusedtomeasurethewaterdragonSchlegel'sblackrockfishinaverticalrecirculatingflumetank.Fourteeninpidualswereinvestigated,yieldingtwomeandragcoefficientsreferredtothecross-sectionalareaandvolume2/3respectivelyatwatervelocitiesrangingfrom0.3to1.0ms-1.ThedragcoefficientscanbeusedforestimatingthedragforcesactingonSebastesschlegeliinwater.