Dissostichus mawsoni, Antarctic toothfish : fisheries

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Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

Antarctic toothfish
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Common names from other countries

Légine antarctique, Austromerluza antártica, Клыкач антарктический, ... more

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

> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) was an Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino pelagic-oceanic; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2200 m (Ref. 90824), usually 88 - 1600 m (Ref. 5179). Polar; 45°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Southern Ocean: circumpolar coastal Antarctic broadly to the Convergence (Ref. 11892). Endemic to the seas around Antarctica (Ref. 5179).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm 133.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 90825); common length : 127 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 90825); peso massimo pubblicato: 80.0 kg (Ref. 5179); Età massima riportata: 39 anni (Ref. 88081)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 8 - 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 25 - 27; Raggi anali molli: 25 - 26. Uniformly brownish, with 4 irregular and incomplete dark cross-bars and with some dark spots (Ref. 11892).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Dewitt, H.H., P.C. Heemstra and O. Gon, 1990. Nototheniidae. p. 279-331. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5179)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): -1.5 - 1.3, mean 0.2 °C (based on 411 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00303 - 0.00755), b=3.18 (3.05 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.9   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.056; Fec=400,000).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (81 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (87 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 9.76 [5.05, 19.57] mg/100g; Iron = 0.41 [0.22, 0.79] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [15.3, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.373 [0.217, 0.651] g/100g; Selenium = 25.5 [10.8, 55.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.07 [1.82, 39.96] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.274 [0.187, 0.414] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.