Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 30 - 300 m (Ref. 5179), usually 30 - 140 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 46°S - 54°S
Southern Ocean: French South Territory, Heard Islands and Kerguelen Plateau.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 30; Anal soft rays: 28 - 31. Body marbled and with three or four short, broad, dark bars on upper parts of sides. Dorsally rays sometimes with a series of small spots, caudal fin faintly barred (Ref. 11892).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found in fairly shallow water (Ref. 11892).
Dewitt, H.H., P.C. Heemstra and O. Gon, 1990. Nototheniidae. p. 279-331. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5179)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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