Chionodraco myersi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960
Myers' icefish
Chionodraco myersi
photo by Zimmermann, C.

Family:  Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Max. size:  39.2 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 428.0 g
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 200 - 800 m
Distribution:  Southern Ocean: Circum-Antarctic on the continental shelf.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults feed on fishes (Pleuragramma antarcticum) and euphausiids (Euphausia crystallorophias). Larval pelagic phase is long (Ref. 52020).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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