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Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg, 1906)

Blackfin icefish
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South Georgia Island and South Sandwich Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Loeb, V.J., A.K. Kellermann, P. Koubbi, A.W. North and M.G. White, 1993
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 33047.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Loeb, V.J., A.K. Kellermann, P. Koubbi, A.W. North and M.G. White, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Channichthyidae (Crocodile icefishes)
Etymology: Chaenocephalus: Greek, chaeno = to yawn + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lönnberg.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 770 m.   Polar; 53°S - 65°S, 67°W - 4°E

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