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Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

Antarctic toothfish
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Common names from other countries

Légine antarctique, Austromerluza antártica, Клыкач антарктический, ... more

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> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Norman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; djupintervall 0 - 2200 m (Ref. 90824), usually 88 - 1600 m (Ref. 5179).   Polar; 45°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Southern Ocean: circumpolar coastal Antarctic broadly to the Convergence (Ref. 11892). Endemic to the seas around Antarctica (Ref. 5179).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 133.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 90825); common length : 127 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 90825); publicerad maxvikt: 80.0 kg (Ref. 5179); rapporterad maxålder: 39 år (Ref. 88081)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 8 - 9; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 25 - 27; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 25 - 26. Uniformly brownish, with 4 irregular and incomplete dark cross-bars and with some dark spots (Ref. 11892).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.5 - 1.3, mean 0.2 (based on 411 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00302 - 0.00758), b=3.18 (3.04 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.056; Fec=400,000).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (87 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.