Chionobathyscus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Channichthyidae |
| Genus: | Chionobathyscus Andriashev & Neyelov , 1978
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| Species: | C. dewitti
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| Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978
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Chionobathyscus dewitti is a
crocodile icefishes. This species is found in the Southern Ocean
.
Taxonomy
Chionobathyscus was first described as a genus in 1978 by the
oceanographer Hugh Hamilton DeWitt in recognition of his work on Antarctic fishes.[3]
Description
Chionobathyscus dewitti has a vestigial spine on the snout, really just a small knob. There are 3 or 4 branched spines on the
Distribution, habitat and biology
Chionobathyscus dewitti is found in the Southern Ocean and is probably circum-Antarctic on the
bathydemersal species with a depth range of 500 to 2,000 m (1,600 to 6,600 ft). The adults feed largely on fishes krill.[5] They have been caught in prespawning condition in February.[4]
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Channichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chionobathyscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (12 April 2021). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Notothenoididei: Families Bovichtidae, Pseaudaphritidae, Elegopinidae, Nototheniidae, Harpagiferidae, Artedidraconidae, Bathydraconidae, Channichthyidae and Percophidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780868102115.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Chionobathyscus dewitti" in FishBase. June 2021 version.