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Lepidonotothen squamifrons (Günther, 1880)

Grey rockcod
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Common names from other countries

Bocasse aux yeux rayés, Trama ojirayada, Нототения Кемпа, ... more

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> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Nototheniinae
Etymology: Lepidonotothen: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, noton = back + Greek, adverbial particle, then, that denotes distance or remova (Ref. 45335);  squamifrons: squamifrons from Latin squama scale, plus frons, frontis forehead for its full upper head cover of small scales (Ref. 11892).
  More on author: Günther.

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

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 10 - 900 m (Ref. 11892), usually 195 - 312 m (Ref. 11892).   Temperate; 45°S - 79°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 5179)

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Southern Ocean: South Georgia Island and Bouvet Island. Also known from sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctic Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 27.3, range 19 - 36 cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5179); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2121); edad máxima reportada: 19 años (Ref. 5789)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 4 - 5; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 36 - 37; Radios blandos anales: 29 - 33. Body with 8 or 9 long dusky crossbars, cheek with two oblique dark stripes. First dorsal fin blackish (Ref. 11892).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Feeds chiefly on macrozooplankton (mainly crustaceans, cnidarians and salps) and midwater fishes.

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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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 2.8, mean 1.7 (based on 21 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00393 - 0.00556), b=3.24 (3.19 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.52 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.08-0.12; tm=7-9; tmax=19; Fec = >10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (55 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.