Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 30; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 28 - 30; Vertebrae: 53 - 54. Lateral line scales 88-104 (upper), 61-77 (lower).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Nototheniidae

Genus: Dissostichus

Species: Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898

Climate Zone

Location

• 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.

Biology

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).

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless