Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 90 - 600 m (Ref. 11892). Deep-water; 60°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula and from the Weddell, Bellingshausen, Ross and Davis seas.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 52.5 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 708.00 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 708.00 g
Adults feed on fishes and krill. Larval pelagic phase is long in late winter (Ref. 28943).
Iwami, T. and K.-H. Kock, 1990. Channichthyidae. p. 381-389. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5200)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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