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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Bovichtidae (Thornfishes)
Etymology: Bovichtus: Latin, bos, bovis = ox + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 127764). Temperate

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Southeast Pacific: Chile. Southern Ocean: Wiencke Island in the Antarctic Peninsula (Ref. 5199).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11892)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18; Vertebrae: 41. Brown body with 4 dark transverse bands on sides. Head dark, pelvic fins and first dorsal black. Soft fins with brown and whitish spots (Ref. 11892).

Found in shallow inshore water (Ref. 5199).

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Sepúlveda, J.I.V. and G.R. Pequeño, 1985. Fauna íctica del archipiélago de Juan Fernández. p. 81-91. In P. Arana (ed.) Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. Universidad Católica del Valparaiso, Valparaiso. (Ref. 33693)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Bovichtus chilensis Regan, 1913