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Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

Antarctic toothfish
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> 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 / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; djupintervall 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 / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 133.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 90825); common length : 127 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 90825); publicerad maxvikt: 80.0 kg (Ref. 5179); rapporterad maxålder: 39 år (Ref. 88081)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 8 - 9; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 25 - 27; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 25 - 26. Uniformly brownish, with 4 irregular and incomplete dark cross-bars and with some dark spots (Ref. 11892).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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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. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.5 - 1.3, mean 0.2 °C (based on 411 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (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.