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Channichthyidae (crocodile icefishes and icefishes) with Relationships

Synonyms: Chaenichthyidae; Channichtyidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The crocodile icefish or white-blooded fish (Channichthyidae) comprise a family of notothenioid fish found in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and southern South America, where water temperatures remain relatively stable (generally ranging from -1.8 to +2.0 °C). Sixteen species of crocodile icefish are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Channichthyidae

Genus

Chaenocephalus (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Chaenodraco (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Champsocephalus (Crocodile icefish) (2)
Channichthys (Crocodile icefish) (2)
Chionobathyscus (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Chionodraco (Crocodile icefish) (3)
Cryodraco (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Dacodraco (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Neopagetopsis (Crocodile icefish) (1)
Pagetopsis (Crocodile icefish) (2)
Pseudochaenichthys (Crocodile icefish) (1)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0