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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335); eleginoides: eleginoides deriving from the genus Eleginops for an assumed resemblance to that genus (Ref. 11892).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 2144 m (Ref. 127764), usually 70 - 1500 m (Ref. 2121). Temperate; 33°S - 66°S, 77°W - 180°E (Ref. 54228)
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: southern Chile round the coast to Patagonia (Argentina) and the Falkland Islands. Southwest Pacific: Macquarie Island. Southern Ocean: South Georgia. Also known from sub-Antarctic islands and seamounts of the Indian sector.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm 49.0, range 38 - 60 cm
Max length : 215 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 2121); common length : 70.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 2121); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 9.6 kg (Ref. 58336); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 31 έτη (Ref. 87879)
Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά): 8 - 10; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 28-30; Εδρικές άκανθες 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 28 - 30; Σπόνδυλοι: 53 - 54. Lateral line scales 88-104 (upper), 61-77 (lower).
At 12-15 cm TL, semi-pelagic juveniles become demersal at 150-400 m depth (Ref. 55957). Adults migrate to deeper habitats at depths greater than 1,000 m (Ref. 55957). Utilized as food fish (Ref. 4931).
May spawn for the first time from around 8-10 years of age (Ref. 71843).
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)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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