Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 270 m (Ref. 5192). Polar; 53°S - 57°S
Southern Ocean: Insular shelf of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 59.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5192)
Adults feed on fishes and mysids, Crangon antarcticus and Chorismus antarcticus (Ref. 5192). Spawning from end of summer to early winter and hatching occurs throughout winter. Eggs large, 2.4-3.4 mm in diameter, bright red and benthic (Ref. 5192). Synchronous spawner (Ref. 50743). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 35742).
Oocyte maturation occurs synchronously, thus, spawning is completed in a single occasion (Ref. 50743).
Gon, O., 1990. Bathydraconidae. p. 364-380. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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