Jonah's icefish (Neopagetopsis ionah)

Scientific name: Neopagetopsis ionah Nybelin, 1947

Jonah's icefish (Neopagetopsis ionah)

The Jonah's icefish (Neopagetopsis ionah) is a marine fish of the family Channichthyidae. Native range: Southern Ocean, Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf and slope.

Species facts

Scientific name
Neopagetopsis ionah
Family
Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
56.0
Depth range
20–900 m (66–2953 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 900 m
Climate
Polar
Distribution
Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf and slope.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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