Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Bathydraconidae

Genus: Akarotaxis

Species: Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite, 1916)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: Antarctic continental shelf and west of Adelaide Island at the Antarctic Peninsula.

Biology

Spawning may take place during middle to late summer. Distinguished from all other bathydraconid species by the short tubular section of the upper lateral line and the absence of the coronal pore.

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless