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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335). More on author: Norman.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 2200 m (Ref. 90824), usually 88 - 1600 m (Ref. 5179). Polar, preferred -1°C (Ref. 107945); 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 / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 133.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90825); common length : 127 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90825); max. published weight: 80.0 kg (Ref. 5179); max. reported age: 39 years (Ref. 88081)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-27; Anal soft rays: 25 - 26. Uniformly brownish, with 4 irregular and incomplete dark cross-bars and with some dark spots (Ref. 11892).

Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).

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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. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937