Family: |
Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes) |
Max. size: |
13.7 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 13.9 g; max.weight: 21.3 g |
Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 203 - 1145 m |
Distribution: |
Southern Ocean: Weddell Sea, Graham Land, Queen Mary Land, South Victoria Land. |
Diagnosis: |
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Biology: |
Found on the sublittoral and continental shelf. Adults feed mainly on errant polychaetes; also in the gut content were gammarid amphipods, isopods, sedentary polychaetes and unidentified polychaetes (Ref. 5181). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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