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Artedidraco mirus Lönnberg, 1905 |
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photo by
Busson, F. |
| Family: | Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 18 - 320 m | |||
| Distribution: | Southern Ocean: known only from South Georgia (Antarctic waters). | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Sublittoral and on continental shelf from 18-320 m, with maximum abundance at less than 200 m. Main food consists of mysids , with substantial amounts of errant polychaetes, gammaridean amphipods and some unidentified polychaetes; to a lesser extent, isopods (Ref. 5181). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||