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Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898

Patagonian toothfish
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Common names from other countries

Légine australe, Austromerluza negra, Клыкач патагонский, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335);  eleginoides: eleginoides deriving from the genus Eleginops for an assumed resemblance to that genus (Ref. 11892).

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

marino; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2144 m (Ref. 127764), usually 70 - 1500 m (Ref. 2121).   Temperate; 33°S - 66°S, 77°W - 180°E (Ref. 54228)

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Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: southern Chile round the coast to Patagonia (Argentina) and the Falkland Islands. Southwest Pacific: Macquarie Island. Southern Ocean: South Georgia. Also known from sub-Antarctic islands and seamounts of the Indian sector.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 49.0, range 38 - 60 cm
Max length : 215 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2121); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2121); peso massimo pubblicato: 9.6 kg (Ref. 58336); Età massima riportata: 31 anni (Ref. 87879)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 8 - 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 28 - 30; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 28 - 30; Vertebre: 53 - 54. Lateral line scales 88-104 (upper), 61-77 (lower).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

At 12-15 cm TL, semi-pelagic juveniles become demersal at 150-400 m depth (Ref. 55957). Adults migrate to deeper habitats at depths greater than 1,000 m (Ref. 55957). Utilized as food fish (Ref. 4931).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

May spawn for the first time from around 8-10 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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.8 - 8.8, mean 4.5 (based on 1109 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00362 - 0.01099), b=3.15 (2.99 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.8 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Fec=230,000; tmax>=21).
Prior r = 0.33, 95% CL = 0.21 - 0.49, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (81 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.