Champsocephalus gunnari, Mackerel icefish : fisheries

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Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905

Mackerel icefish
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Common names from other countries

Poisson des glaces antarctique, Draco rayado, Ледяная рыба (=белокровка Гуннара), ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Champsocephalus: Greek, champso = crocodile, voracious predator + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lönnberg.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 700 m (Ref. 11892), usually 30 - 250 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 48°S - 66°S, 65°W - 77°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southern Ocean: Islands of the Scotia Sea, including the northern part of Antarctic Peninsula; Kerguelen, Heard and Bouvet islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm 26.2, range 21 - 32 cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5200); common length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2805); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.0 kg (Ref. 4883)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 59 - 62.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feed mainly on krill and mysids. Spawn in autumn and winter (Ref. 50743). Synchronous spawner (Ref. 50743). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 71843). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 4931).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Hureau, J.-C., 1985. Channichthyidae. p. 261-277. In W. Fischer and J.C. Hureau (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Southern Ocean (Fishing areas 48, 58 and 88). Rome. Vol. 2. (Ref. 2805)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): -1.1 - 2.9, mean 1.5 °C (based on 50 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00120 (0.00102 - 0.00142), b=3.47 (3.42 - 3.52), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.2   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.13-0.39; tmax=13; tm=4; Fec=3,094).
Prior r = 0.39, 95% CL = 0.26 - 0.59, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 20.5 [11.1, 44.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.388 [0.165, 0.801] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [14.8, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.222 [0.107, 0.473] g/100g; Selenium = 25.9 [9.2, 64.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [2.8, 70.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.409 [0.265, 0.626] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.