Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

Description


Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 27; Anal soft rays: 25 - 26. Uniformly brownish, with 4 irregular and incomplete dark cross-bars and with some dark spots (Ref. 11892).

Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Nototheniidae

Genus: Dissostichus

Species: Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

Climate Zone


  • oceanic
  • Location


    • Southern Ocean: circumpolar coastal Antarctic broadly to the Convergence (Ref. 11892). Endemic to the seas around Antarctica (Ref. 5179).

    Biology


    Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 89402).

    Habitat


    oceanic

    Conservation Status


    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans


    Harmless

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    Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937