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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes)
Etymology: Trematomus: Greek, trematos = hole + Greek, tomo = section, cut (Ref. 45335).
Issue
This species is placed in the genus Pseudotrematomus in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 240 m (Ref. 5179). Polar, preferred ?; 53°S - 55°S
Southern Ocean: known only from Cumberland and Stromness bays in South Georgia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5179)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Feeds primarily on fish eggs. Other less important food items are amphipods, decapods, fishes, isopods, polychaetes and nemerteans.
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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