Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Bathydraconidae

Genus: Gerlachea

Species: Gerlachea australis Dollo, 1900

Climate Zone

Biology

Breeding stock in the Weddell Sea consisted of individuals larger than 20 cm SL. Adults feed mainly on pelagic crustaceans: Euphausia superba, Hyperiella antarctica, Euphausia crystallorophias and other amphipods (Ref. 5192). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 41551).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless