Description

Vertebrae: 54 - 58.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Channichthyidae

Genus: Channichthys

Species: Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: endemic to the Kerguelen-Heard Plateau, Antarctica.

Biology

Adults are found from near shore to farther than 750 m. Feed mainly on fishes and occasionally on algae.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless