Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 38; Anal soft rays: 26 - 30. Wide interorbital space, fewer pectoral rays, lack of scales below the eye (Ref. 11892).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Nototheniidae

Genus: Notothenia

Species: Notothenia coriiceps Richardson, 1844

Climate Zone

Biology

Most commonly found in less than 200 m (Re. 5179). Stomach contents included mainly small crustaceans (Amphipoda and Euphausiacea) and seaweeds (Ref. 122792).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless