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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Trematominae
Etymology: Trematomus: Greek, trematos = hole + Greek, tomo = section, cut (Ref. 45335); newnesi: newnesi named after Sir George Newnes, British newspaper publisher who sponsored Borchgrevinck's Expedition of 1899 (Ref. 11892).
Eponymy: Sir George Newnes (1851–1910) was a British newspaper publisher and Liberal politician. He sponsored the Southern Cross Expedition (1898–1900) to Antarctica. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 400 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 60°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: East Antarctic, Weddell Sea, West coast of Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Elephant Island, South Orkney Islands, Mac Robertson, George V, Queen Mary, Adelie Coasts, Davis Sea and Ross Sea.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 58849)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 5 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 29 - 38; Radios blandos anales: 29 - 36.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found in shallow near shore areas and more commonly in the intertidal zone. Adults feed mainly on amphipods, polychaetes, gastropods, isopods, copepods, and euphausiids (E. superba). Often seen feeding in the water column or at the undersurface of ice.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): -1.8 - -0.4, mean -1.4 °C (based on 237 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00279 - 0.01033), b=3.24 (3.08 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 3.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Fec = 2,300-12,200).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
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