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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Notothenia: Greek, 'notos', ou; ?????, ??), from the south + Greek, 'e 'eutheneia',as or 'euthenia', as (????????, ??; ???????, ??), abundance (P. Romero, pers.comm. 01/16); cyanobrancha: cyanobrancha from Greek, cyanus dark blue and branchia gills, for blue gills (Ref. 11892). More on author: Richardson.
Issue
This species is placed in the genus Indonotothenia Balushkin, 1984 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Balushkin (2000). Send references, or more studies are needed.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - ? m (Ref. 11892), usually 0 - 27 m (Ref. 11892). Polar, preferred ?
Southern Ocean: Kerguelen and Heard Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2121); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2121)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4 - 6;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 33-36;
Anal
soft rays: 30 - 34. Uniformly brownish but with darker markings or uniformly black. Prominent acoustico-lateralis channel on the head, absence of connecting orbital branches of the ethmoid, short frontal and narrow parasphenoid (Ref. 11892).
Spawn once a year (Ref. 1071).
Hureau, J.-C., 1985. Family Notothenidae - Antarctic rock cods. p. 323-385. In W. Fischer and J.C. Hureau (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Southern Ocean (Fishing areas 48, 58 and 88) (CCAMLR Convention Area). Rome, FAO. Vol. 2. (Ref. 2121)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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