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Channichthyidae
spiny icefish
Chaenodraco wilsoni
Five spines on opercle
- Polar
- Circumpolar Antarctic
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Southern Ocean
- Polar regions
- Elongated
- Medium
- Cold-water fish
Polar
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Mediumspiny icefish is known around Southern Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 43 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Channichthyidae
- Genus
- Chaenodraco
- Maximum length
- 43 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on Antarctic continental shelf. Northernmost records from vicinity of South Orkney Islands and Antarctic Peninsula.
Class
Family
