Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Humped rockcod : fisheries

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Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg, 1905)

Humped rockcod
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Nototheniinae
Etymology: Gobionotothen: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + see under Notothenia;  gibberifrons: gibberifrons from Latin giber a hump, frons forehead, humped forehead (Ref. 11892).
More on author: Lönnberg.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 429 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 53°S - 67°S, 75°W - 75°E

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Southern Ocean: Scotia Arc and Heard Island. Also distributed in the South Atlantic, near the southern Shetland, southern Sandwich, southern Orkney Islands, and near South Georgia Island (Ref. 4883).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 37.7  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5179); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2121)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-34; Anal soft rays: 31 - 34. Upper part of head and body irregularly spotted and blotched. Rarely with traces of darker cross-bars, young with irregular cross-bars, broken up into three or four series of alternating spots (Ref. 11892).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Mature females may spawn for the first time from around 6-8 years of age (Ref. 71843).

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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. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.3 - 0.7, mean -0.6 °C (based on 36 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00344 - 0.00483), b=3.24 (3.19 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=21,699; tm=10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 19.7 [11.5, 46.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.384 [0.181, 0.754] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.5, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.180, 0.572] g/100g; Selenium = 16.6 [7.0, 41.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.4 [2.7, 59.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.497 [0.332, 0.747] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.