Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 6 - 429 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 53°S - 67°S, 75°W - 75°E
Southern Ocean: Scotia Arc and Heard Island. Also distributed in the South Atlantic, near the southern Shetland, southern Sandwich, southern Orkney Islands, and near South Georgia Island (Ref. 4883).
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 37.7 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5179); common length : 40.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2121)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 6 - 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 31 - 34; Raggi anali molli: 31 - 34. Upper part of head and body irregularly spotted and blotched. Rarely with traces of darker cross-bars, young with irregular cross-bars, broken up into three or four series of alternating spots (Ref. 11892).
Mature females may spawn for the first time from around 6-8 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: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): -1.3 - 0.7, mean -0.6 °C (based on 36 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00344 - 0.00482), b=3.24 (3.19 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Fec=21,699; tm=10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 19.7 [11.5, 46.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.384 [0.181, 0.754] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.5, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.180, 0.572] g/100g; Selenium = 16.6 [7.0, 41.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.4 [2.7, 59.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.497 [0.332, 0.747] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
