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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Cryothenia: Greek, kryos = frost + Greek, adverbial particle, then, that denotes distance or remova (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 50 - 400 m (Ref. 5179). Polar, preferred ?; 61°S - 67°S
Southern Ocean: off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and islands of the Palmer Archipelago.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Probably an autumn or winter spawner (Ref. 11892).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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