Arctozenus australis, Southern spotted barracudina : fisheries

Arctozenus australis Ho & Duhamel, 2019

Southern spotted barracudina
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Arctozenus: Greek, arktos = bear + particle zen, derived from zao = to give life; australis: Name from Latin 'australis' for 'southern', referring to the distribution of the species which appears restricted to the Southern Ocean.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 160 - 800 m (Ref. 122005). Temperate

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Indian Ocean, Antarctic: off Kerguelen Islanda.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122005)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal soft rays: 30 - 32; Vertebrae: 79 - 84. A species of Arctozenus differing from the only congener in having a pale body with lower half mostly devoid of chromatophores; body slender, its depth 14-19 in SL; a slender head, its depth at middle of eye 4.3-5.1 in HL. Compared to similar size specimens (>250 mm SL) of A. risso, A. australis has relatively slender body (5.2-7.3%, vs. 7.7-10.6% SL); the ratio of snout length/eye diameter relatively large 3.1-3.9 (vs. 2.7-3.4); origin of pelvic fin slightly but clearly behind dorsal-fin base (vs. usually below dorsal-fin base); and anterior lateral-line scales long, about twice as long as its height (vs. width subequal to the height). (Ref. 122005)
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Reported as by-catch of bottom trawl on the slope of the Kerguelen Plateau (480-800 m) and South-Georgia (Ref. 122005).

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Ho, H.-C. and G. Duhamel, 2019. A new species of the fish genus Arctozenus from the Kerguelen Islands, with comments on the lost teeth in adults (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4651(3):497-512. (Ref. 122005)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: bycatch
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