Family Channichthyidae - Crocodile icefishes
  Order
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 11 | Species : 25 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Antarctic and southern South America. Mouth nonprotrusible. Snout projecting forward and depressed. Spinous dorsal fin present. Pelvic fins broad or elongate. Vertebrae 22-31. Maximum length 75 cm. Gill membranes fused. Erythrocytes lacking in most or all species and is thought to be probably compensated for by the cold, well-oxygenated habitat, a large volume of blood circulation and skin respiration.
  Etymology
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Greek, channe, -es = anchovy + Greek, ichthys = fish ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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normal
  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Percomorpharia | Perciformes | Notothenioidei | Channichthyidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Channichthyidae as currently in FishBase

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844
acceptedseniororiginal2
Chaenichthys velifer Meisner, 1974
ambiguousquestionableoriginal2
Chaenichthys rugosus (non Regan, 1913)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Chaenichthys rugosus Regan, 1913
synonymseniororiginal1
Channichthys velifer Meisner, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
! Chaenichthys velifer Meisner, 1974
synonymseniororiginal1
Channichthys aelitae Shandikov, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys bospori Shandikov, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys irinae Shandikov, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys panticapaei Shandikov, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys normani Balushkin, 1996
synonymjuniororiginal2
Channichthys mithridatis Shandikov, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys richardsoni Shandikov, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Channichthys sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Champsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861)
acceptedseniornew
Chaenichthys esox Günther, 1861
synonymseniororiginal2
Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Champsocephalus gunnaru Lönnberg, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal2
Pagetodes antarcticus (Dollo, 1900)
synonymseniornew
Cryodraco atkinsoni (non Regan, 1914)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Chionodraco hamatus (Lönnberg, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Chionodraco myersi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960
acceptedseniororiginal2
Chionodraco markhami Miller & Reseck, 1961
synonymjuniororiginal2
Chionodraco rastrospinosus DeWitt & Hureau, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal1
Chionodraco kathleenae (non Regan, 1914)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Chaenichthys aceratus Lönnberg, 1906
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Pagetopsis macropterus (Boulenger, 1907)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Pagetopsis maculatus Barsukov & Permitin, 1958
acceptedseniororiginal2
Pagetopsis macropterus (non Boulenger, 1907)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Dacodraco hunteri Waite, 1916
acceptedseniororiginal2
Pagetodes antarcticus (non Dollo, 1900)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal2
Neopagetopsis ionah Nybelin, 1947
acceptedseniororiginal2
Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal2
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