| Family: |
Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes) |
| Max. size: |
12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 18 - 320 m |
| Distribution: |
Southern Ocean: known only from South Georgia (Antarctic waters). |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Sublittoral and on continental shelf from 18-320 m, with maximum abundance at less than 200 m. Main food consists of mysids , with substantial amounts of errant polychaetes, gammaridean amphipods and some unidentified polychaetes; to a lesser extent, isopods (Ref. 5181). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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