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Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Nototheniinae
Etymology: Nototheniops: Greek, noton = filament + Greek, adverbial particle, then, that denotes distance or removal + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 220 m (Ref. 11892). Polar; 46°S - 53°S
Southern Ocean: Kerguelen Is., Heard Is.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11892)
Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34 - 37; Anal soft rays: 33 - 35. Body with two series of large, partly confluent, irregular blackish spots, cheek with two oblique dark stripes, a blackish spot on spinous dorsal (Ref. 11892).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Spawns in May-June, sometimes to July. Egg diameter greater than 1.65 mm (Ref. 45488).
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))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00589 (0.00289 - 0.01201), b=3.22 (3.04 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax=3-10; Fec = 9,350). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649) |
High vulnerability (62 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 37.3 [21.1, 84.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.428 [0.196, 0.821] mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.3, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.412 [0.191, 0.856] g/100g; Selenium = 11.6 [4.8, 26.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 31.2 [6.6, 143.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.654 [0.441, 0.978] mg/100g (wet weight); |