Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Channichthyidae

Genus: Channichthys

Species: Channichthys velifer Meisner, 1974

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: Subantarctic, endemic to the Kerguelen plateau.

Biology

Food includes cephalopods and fish (Ref. 11892).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless