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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 230 - 608 m. Deep-water; 66°S - 79°S
Southern Ocean: Antarctic Peninsula and East Antarctica (Ross Sea, Queen Maud Land, Graham Land, South Victoria Land).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 11.8 cm TL (female)
Found on the sublittoral and continental shelf. Feeds mainly on errant polychaetes and gammaridean amphipods. Takes substantial amounts of isopods.
Eakin, R.R., 1990. Artedidraconidae. p. 332-356. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): -1.7 - 1, mean -0.9 °C (based on 212 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00315 - 0.00798), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 136).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).