Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 666 m (Ref. 5181). Polar; 60°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands and East Antarctica (Ross Sea, South Victoria Land, MacRobertson Land, Weddell Sea, Queen Maud Land, Enderby Land, Wilkes Land, Graham Land).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 10.3 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 15.40 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 15.40 g
Sublittoral and on continental shelf from 5-666 m. Main food: amphipods and polychaetes (Ref. 5181).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eakin, R.R., 1990. Artedidraconidae. p. 332-356. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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