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Family: Channichthyidae Crocodile icefishes



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25 species (see list below)
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Photo by Reyes, P.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 72 cm TL
Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg, 1906)

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Chaenocephalus aceratus
[Blackfin icefish]

Photo by Busse, K.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914

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Chaenodraco wilsoni
[Spiny icefish]

Photo by FAO

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 35 cm SL
Champsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861)

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Champsocephalus esox
[Pike icefish]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 66 cm TL
Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905

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Champsocephalus gunnari
[Mackerel icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 33.4 cm SL
Channichthys aelitae Shandikov, 1995

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Channichthys aelitae
[Aelita icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean

Channichthys bospori Shandikov, 1995

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Channichthys bospori
[Big-eyed icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 25.9 cm TL
Channichthys irinae Shandikov, 1995

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Channichthys irinae
[Pygmy icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Antarctic
Max. Length 43.7 cm TL
Channichthys mithridatis Shandikov, 2008

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Channichthys mithridatis
[Green icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean, Sub-Antar
Max. Length 40.2 cm TL
Channichthys panticapaei Shandikov, 1995

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Channichthys panticapaei
[Charcoal icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844

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Channichthys rhinoceratus
[Unicorn icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean, Sub-Antar
Max. Length 37.4 cm TL
Channichthys richardsoni Shandikov, 2011

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Channichthys richardsoni
[Robust icefish]

Photo by Voskoboinikova, O.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 3 cm SL
Channichthys rugosus Regan, 1913

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Channichthys rugosus
[Red icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 49 cm SL
Channichthys velifer Meisner, 1974

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Channichthys velifer
[Sail icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978

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Chionobathyscus dewitti
[]

Photo by Sala, A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 49.8 cm TL
Chionodraco hamatus (Lönnberg, 1905)

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Chionodraco hamatus
[]

Photo by Zimmermann, C.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 39.2 cm TL
Chionodraco myersi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960

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Chionodraco myersi
[Myers' icefish]

Photo by FAO

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Chionodraco rastrospinosus DeWitt & Hureau, 1979

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Chionodraco rastrospinosus
[Ocellated icefish]

Photo by Busse, K.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 30.4 cm TL
Dacodraco hunteri Waite, 1916

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Dacodraco hunteri
[]

Photo by Alfred Wegener Institute / PS124 AWI OFOBS team

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Neopagetopsis ionah Nybelin, 1947

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Neopagetopsis ionah
[Jonah's icefish]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 52.5 cm TL
Pagetodes antarcticus (Dollo, 1900)

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Pagetodes antarcticus
[Long-fingered icefish]
No picture found

Max. Length 29.3 cm TL
 
Pagetodes atkinsoni
[]
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Pagetodes pappenheimi
[]

Photo by Zimmermann, C.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Pagetopsis macropterus (Boulenger, 1907)

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Pagetopsis macropterus
[]

Photo by Busse, K.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Pagetopsis maculata Barsukov & Permitin, 1958

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Pagetopsis maculata
[]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937

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Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
[South Georgia icefish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chaenocephalus aceratus Blackfin icefish Southern Ocean 72 TL 1906
Chaenodraco wilsoni Spiny icefish Southern Ocean 43 TL 1914
Champsocephalus esox Pike icefish Southern Ocean 35 SL 1861
Champsocephalus gunnari Mackerel icefish Southern Ocean 66 TL 1905
Channichthys aelitae Aelita icefish Southern Ocean 33.4 SL 1995
Channichthys bospori Big-eyed icefish Southern Ocean 1995
Channichthys irinae Pygmy icefish Southern Ocean 25.9 TL 1995
Channichthys mithridatis Green icefish Antarctic 43.7 TL 2008
Channichthys panticapaei Charcoal icefish Southern Ocean, Sub-Antar 40.2 TL 1995
Channichthys rhinoceratus Unicorn icefish Southern Ocean 60 TL 1844
Channichthys richardsoni Robust icefish Southern Ocean, Sub-Antar 37.4 TL 2011
Channichthys rugosus Red icefish Southern Ocean 3 SL 1913
Channichthys velifer Sail icefish Southern Ocean 49 SL 1974
Chionobathyscus dewitti Southern Ocean 60 TL 1978
Chionodraco hamatus Southern Ocean 49.8 TL 1905
Chionodraco myersi Myers' icefish Southern Ocean 39.2 TL 1960
Chionodraco rastrospinosus Ocellated icefish Southern Ocean 52 TL 1979
Dacodraco hunteri Southern Ocean 30.4 TL 1916
Neopagetopsis ionah Jonah's icefish Southern Ocean 56 TL 1947
Pagetodes antarcticus Long-fingered icefish Southern Ocean 52.5 TL 1900
Pagetodes atkinsoni Southern Ocean 29.3 TL 1914
Pagetodes pappenheimi Southern Ocean. Needs a 1913
Pagetopsis macropterus Southern Ocean 33 TL 1907
Pagetopsis maculata Southern Ocean 25 TL 1958
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus South Georgia icefish Southern Ocean 60 TL 1937



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