Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Bathydraconidae

Genus: Cygnodraco

Species: Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: Antarctic continental shelf. Probably circum-Antarctic.

Biology

Specimens larger than 26 cm TL were breeding. Spawning seems to take place in autumn or early winter. Feeds mainly on benthic and benthopelagic organisms such as fishes (Trematomus spp.), the decapod Crangon antarcticus, mysids, gammarid amphipod and polychaete worms (Ref. 5192). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless