Patagonotothen guntheri, Yellowfin notothen : fisheries

Patagonotothen guntheri (Norman, 1937)

Yellowfin notothen
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Nototheniinae
Etymology: Patagonotothen: Composed from Patagonia, the Argentinian province + Greek,noton = back + Greek, adverbial particle, then, that denotes distance or removal (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Eustace Rolfe Gunther (1902–1940) was a British junior zoologist on the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition (1925–1927) during which he studied the habits of whales and life in the Antarctic and southern oceans. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 30 - 160 m (Ref. 43705). Temperate; 49°S - 56°S

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Southwest Atlantic: Patagonian region of Argentina, around the Falkland Islands, and Burdwood Bank.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124154)

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Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 37; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 33 - 35; Vertebrae: 51 - 53. Lateral line scales 49 (upper), 8 (lower). Caudal, pectoral and pelvic fins lemon yellow; dorsal and anal fins yellow; tips of all fins lighter (Ref. 5179).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

May be found at depths greater than 250 m in the Patagonian region (Ref. 5179).

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Mature females may spawn for the first time from around 3-4 years of age (Ref. 71843).

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Dewitt, H.H., P.C. Heemstra and O. Gon, 1990. Nototheniidae. p. 279-331. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5179)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00501 (0.00281 - 0.00893), b=3.21 (3.05 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.7   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time 5.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K = 0.22; Fec = 10,000-28,000).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		High.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 37.3 [24.2, 74.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.351 [0.222, 0.586] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [16.1, 18.7] %; Omega3 = 0.653 [0.339, 1.244] g/100g; Selenium = 12.7 [6.3, 25.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.1 [14.7, 156.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.708 [0.520, 0.949] mg/100g (wet weight);