Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 90 - 600 m (Ref. 11892). Deep-water; 60°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula and from the Weddell, Bellingshausen, Ross and Davis seas.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 52.5 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 708.00 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 708.00 g
Adults feed on fishes and krill. Larval pelagic phase is long in late winter (Ref. 28943).
Iwami, T. and K.-H. Kock, 1990. Channichthyidae. p. 381-389. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5200)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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