Common names from other countries

Crocodile de Géorgie, Draco cocodrilo, Белокровка темная, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Pseudochaenichthys: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, chaino = with the mouth opened (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 475 m. Polar; 53°S - 73°S, 179°W - 24°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southern Ocean: known from the islands of the Scotia Sea and the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula to Scott Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 43.6, range 44 - 50 cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5200); common length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2805); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.1 kg (Ref. 50743)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 54 - 55.

Adults feed mainly on krill and fish. Synchronous spawner (Ref. 50743).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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)

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Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937