Gymnodraco acuticeps, Ploughfish

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Gymnodraco acuticeps Boulenger, 1902

Ploughfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes) > Gymnodraconinae
Etymology: Gymnodraco: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 550 m. Polar; 61°S - 78°S

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Southern Ocean: Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic continental shelf. Probably circum-Antarctic, but no records yet from West Antarctica.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124149); 31.4 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 86.20 g (Ref. 124149); max. published weight: 86.20 g

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults spawn during September in Adélie Land. Hatching probably occurs in spring (mid-November) and pelagic development probably ends in autumn (February and March). Food items: fishes, amphipods, fish eggs and polychaetes (Ref. 5192). Larval pelagic phase is short (Ref. 41551).

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Gon, O., 1990. Bathydraconidae. p. 364-380. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5192)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.8 - 0.4, mean -1.2 °C (based on 344 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00141 (0.00083 - 0.00242), b=3.46 (3.31 - 3.61), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).