Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 39; Anal soft rays: 37 - 38. Irregular oblique dark cross-bars on body. Distal part of spinous dorsal with black blotch, soft dorsal with oblique dark stripes. Anal plain or similarly marked. Breast to middle depth of pectoral fins a notable silvery-white (Ref. 11892).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Nototheniidae

Genus: Nototheniops

Species: Nototheniops larseni (Lönnberg, 1905)

Climate Zone

Biology

Feeds mainly on krill, hyperiid amphipods and mysids. Spawning occurs in autumn and winter (Ref. 51730).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless