Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 31; Vertebrae: 57 - 60. Posterior margin of caudal fin emarginate. No scales except on lateral line. Body brown, irregularly mottled (Ref. 27363).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Channichthyidae

Genus: Champsocephalus

Species: Champsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: Patagonian-Falkland region, Straits of Magellan and rarely at South Georgia.

Biology

Feed mostly on fishes and krill.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless