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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) was an Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 2200 m (Ref. 90824), usually 88 - 1600 m (Ref. 5179). Polar; 45°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E
Southern Ocean: circumpolar coastal Antarctic broadly to the Convergence (Ref. 11892). Endemic to the seas around Antarctica (Ref. 5179).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 133.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90825); common length : 127 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90825); max. published weight: 80.0 kg (Ref. 5179); max. reported age: 39 years (Ref. 88081)
Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).
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. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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