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Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Chionodraco: Greek, chionos, -a, -on = snow + Greek, drako = dragon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr George Sprague Myers (1905–1985), an American ichthyologist, bio-geographer and herpetologist, was Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Stanford, California. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 200 - 800 m. Deep-water; 61°S - 78°S
Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.2 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 124149); max. veröff. Gewicht: 428.00 g (Ref. 124149)
Adults feed on fishes (Pleuragramma antarcticum) and euphausiids (Euphausia crystallorophias). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 52020).
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): -1.8 - 1.1, mean -0.9 °C (based on 733 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00132 (0.00082 - 0.00212), b=3.45 (3.32 - 3.58), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Fec = 6,200).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
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Klimaanfälligkeit (Ref.
125649): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27.9 [15.5, 64.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.431 [0.180, 0.882] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.255 [0.131, 0.489] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [7, 42] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.8 [4.8, 112.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.426 [0.270, 0.656] mg/100g (wet weight);