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Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Chionodraco: Greek, chionos, -a, -on = snow + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr George Sprague Myers (1905–1985), an American ichthyologist, bio-geographer and herpetologist, was Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Stanford, California. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 200 - 800 m. Deep-water; 61°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.2 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 124149); poids max. publié: 428.00 g (Ref. 124149)
Adults feed on fishes (Pleuragramma antarcticum) and euphausiids (Euphausia crystallorophias). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 52020).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): -1.8 - 1.1, mean -0.9 °C (based on 733 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00132 (0.00083 - 0.00210), b=3.45 (3.32 - 3.58), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Fec = 6,200).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27.9 [15.5, 64.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.431 [0.180, 0.882] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.255 [0.131, 0.489] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [7, 42] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.8 [4.8, 112.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.426 [0.270, 0.656] mg/100g (wet weight);