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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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 800 m. Deep-water; 61°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124149); peso máximo publicado: 428.00 g (Ref. 124149)
Adults feed on fishes (Pleuragramma antarcticum) and euphausiids (Euphausia crystallorophias). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 52020).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): -1.8 - 1.1, mean -0.9 °C (based on 733 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00132 (0.00082 - 0.00212), b=3.45 (3.32 - 3.58), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.9 ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Fec = 6,200).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidad climática (Ref.
125649): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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Nutrientes (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);