Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Lepidonotothen
Species: L. squamifrons
Binomial name
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
(Günther, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Notothenia squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia squamifrons squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937
  • Lepidonotothen kempi (Norman, 1937)
  • Notothenia macrophthalma Norman, 1937
  • Lepidonotothen macrophthalma (Norman, 1937)
  • Notothenia brevipectoralis Hureau, 1966
  • Notothenia squamifrons atlantica Permitin & Sazonov, 1974

Lepidonotothen squamifrons, the Grey rockcod, is a species of cod icefish native to the Southern Ocean where it can be found at depths of from 10 to 900 metres (33 to 2,953 ft) though it is most often found between 192 and 312 metres (630 and 1,024 ft). This species grows to a length of 55 centimetres (22 in) TL though most are only around 35 centimetres (14 in). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Lepidonotothen squamifrons" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 01, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.