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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Patagonotothen: Composed from Patagonia, the Argentinian province + Greek,noton = back + Greek, adverbial particle, then, that denotes distance or removal (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Temperate, preferred ?; 50°S - 56°S
Southwest Atlantic: Argentine Patagonia, Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 5;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 36;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 33. Lateral line scales 49 (upper), 11 (lower). Body brown dorsally and pale brown ventrally with dark brown indistinct crossbars; black blotch on posterior part of first dorsal fin membrane; margins of second dorsal, anal and caudal fins dusky; dusky band on caudal fin base (Ref. 27363).
Maximum length based on one specimen (Ref. 27363).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p. (Ref. 27363)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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