Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 655 m. Polar; 60°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf and South Shetland Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5200)
Found more commonly at depths from 5-40 m. Adults feed mainly on fishes and krill.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwami, T. and K.-H. Kock, 1990. Channichthyidae. p. 381-389. 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. 5200)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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