Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 1000 m (Ref. 87547). Temperate; 45°S - 55°S
Southern Ocean: Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, and Macquarie islands and the Kara-Dag Seamount north-east of the Prince Edward Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5195)
Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates, primarily amphipods.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Heemstra, P.C. and G. Duhamel, 1990. Congiopodidae. p. 229-230. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5195)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.3 - 2.9, mean 2.2 °C (based on 17 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7520 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 38.9 [21.9, 85.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.405 [0.219, 0.714] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.3, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 1.05 [0.48, 2.97] g/100g; Selenium = 22.7 [12.0, 50.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14 [4, 39] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.598 [0.429, 0.862] mg/100g (wet weight);
