Channichthys panticapaei

Channichthys panticapaei, the charcoal icefish, is a species of crocodile icefish endemic to the Kerguelen Islands area in the Southern Ocean.[1][4] This demersal species is found at depths of 112–154 m (367–505 ft) and is sometimes caught in bottom trawls. However, it is not targeted and is of no interest to commercial fisheries at present. It is dark gray to uniformly blackish with long first to third dorsal fin spines. The charcoal icefish reaches lengths of up to 40.2 cm (15.8 in), with males generally being larger. This planktivorous (plankton-eating) species likely spawns from June to July, with maturity reached at 30 cm (11.8 inches) TL / 27 cm (10.6 inches) SL.[1][5]

Channichthys panticapaei
Illustration of the holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Channichthyidae
Genus: Channichthys
Species:
C. panticapaei
Binomial name
Channichthys panticapaei
Shandikov, 1995[1]
Synonyms[2]

Channichthys normani Balushkin, 1996[3]

References
  1. Shandikov, G.A. 1995. A new species of icefish, Channichthys pantipacaei sp. n. (Channichthydae, Notothenioidei) from the Kerguelen Islands (Antarctica).
  2. Shandikov G.A. 2008. Channichthys mithridatis sp. n., a new species of icefishes (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae) from the Kerguelen Islands area, East Antarctica, with comments on the taxonomic status of Channichthys normani. Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: Biology, 814: 123–131.
  3. Balushkin, A.V., 1996. Similarity of fish of family Channichthyidae (Notothenioidei, Perciformes), with remarks on the species composition of the family and the description of a new species from the Kerguelen Archipelago. J. Ichthyol. 36(1):1-10.
  4. "Channichthys panticapaei Shandikov, 1995". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "Channichthys panticapaei, Charcoal icefish". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
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