Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, South Georgia icefish : fisheries

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Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937

South Georgia icefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Pseudochaenichthys: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, chaino = with the mouth opened (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 475 m. Polar; 53°S - 73°S, 179°W - 24°W

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Southern Ocean: known from the islands of the Scotia Sea and the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula to Scott Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 43.6, range 44 - 50 cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5200); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2805); max. published weight: 2.1 kg (Ref. 50743)

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Vertebrae: 54 - 55

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults feed mainly on krill and fish. Synchronous spawner (Ref. 50743).

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Iwami, T. and K.-H. Kock, 1990. Channichthyidae. p. 381-389. 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. 5200)

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 - 1.2, mean -0.1 °C (based on 18 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00293 - 0.01422), b=3.17 (2.97 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24; tm=4; Fec = 4,666).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.2 [14.6, 53.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.503 [0.205, 0.955] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.2, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.358 [0.209, 0.605] g/100g; Selenium = 17.6 [7.7, 37.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.6 [2.9, 55.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.374 [0.259, 0.557] mg/100g (wet weight);