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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: mizops: mizops from Greek mizon = larger + ops = eye (Ref. 11892).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 220 m (Ref. 11892). Polar, preferred 3°C (Ref. 107945); 46°S - 53°S
Southern Ocean: Kerguelen Is., Heard Is.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11892)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4 - 5;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 34-37;
Anal
soft rays: 33 - 35. Body with two series of large, partly confluent, irregular blackish spots, cheek with two oblique dark stripes, a blackish spot on spinous dorsal (Ref. 11892).
Spawns in May-June, sometimes to July. Egg diameter greater than 1.65 mm (Ref. 45488).
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
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