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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Trematomus: Greek, trematos = hole + Greek, tomo = section, cut (Ref. 45335); lepidorhinus: lepidorhinus from Greek, lepido means scale; rhinus means snout (Ref. 11892).

Issue
This species is placed in the genus Pseudotrematomus in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Sep. 2011: Ref. 88002).

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 800 m. Deep-water, preferred ?; 60°S - 78°S

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Southern Ocean: inner slope and continental shelf of Antarctica, except the Antarctic Peninsula. Two specimens are reported from South Orkney islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5179)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-33; Anal soft rays: 34 - 36. Brownish with irregular indistinct darker crossbars, spinous dorsal blackish. Mouth and branchial cavities blackish (Ref. 11892).

Adults feed on amphipods (mostly Themisto gaudichaudii), copepods, polychaetes, and mysids.

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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. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Trematomus lepidorhinus (Pappenheim, 1911)