Kingdom Animalia Family Channichthyidae Rank Species | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
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Genus Pseudochaenichthys
Norman, 1937 Similar Chaenocephalus aceratus, Chaenodraco wilsoni, Channichthys, Chionodraco rastrospinosus, Chionobathyscus dewitti |
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, the South Georgia icefish, is a species of crocodile icefish only known from the northern Antarctic Peninsula and the Scotia Sea where it occurs from the surface to 475 metres (1,558 ft). This species grows to a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL. It is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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