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Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937

South Georgia icefish
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> 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 Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 475 m. Polar; 53°S - 73°S, 179°W - 24°W

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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 / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 43.6, range 44 - 50 cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5200); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2805); peso máximo publicado: 2.1 kg (Ref. 50743)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 54 - 55.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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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: Version 2024-2)

  Endangered (EN) (A2bcde); Date assessed: 29 November 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.3 - 1.2, mean -0.1 °C (based on 18 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00296 - 0.01410), b=3.17 (2.97 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.24; tm=4; Fec = 4,666).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.2 [14.6, 53.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.503 [0.205, 0.955] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.2, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.358 [0.209, 0.605] g/100g; Selenium = 17.6 [7.7, 37.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.6 [2.9, 55.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.374 [0.259, 0.557] mg/100g (wet weight);