Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 429 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 53°S - 67°S, 75°W - 75°E
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).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 37.7 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5179); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2121)
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).
Mature females may spawn for the first time from around 6-8 years of age (Ref. 71843).
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 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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