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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
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Common names from other countries

Нототения зеленая, Bocasse bossue, Trama jorobada, ... more

Main reference

Dewitt, H.H., P.C. Heemstra and O. Gon. 1990. (Ref. 5179)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5179); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2121)

Length at first maturity
L_m 37.7 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 429 m (Ref. 11892)

Climate / Range

Polar, preferred 2°C (Ref. 107945); 53°S - 67°S, 75°W - 75°E

Distribution

Southern Ocean: Scotia Arc and Heard Island. Also distributed in the South Atlantic, near the southern Shetland, southern Sandwich, southern Orkney Islands, and near South Georgia Island (Ref. 4883).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-34; Anal soft rays: 31 - 34. Upper part of head and body irregularly spotted and blotched. Rarely with traces of darker cross-bars, young with irregular cross-bars, broken up into three or four series of alternating spots (Ref. 11892).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=21,699; tm=10)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg, 1905)