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Champsocephalus esox (Pike icefish; Pike; Northern icefish)

Synonyms: Chaenichthys esox
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Wikipedia Abstract

The pike icefish, Champsocephalus esox, is a species of icefish found at depths of 50–250 m (160–820 ft) in the oceans off Patagonia, the Falklands and South Georgia. It reaches 35 cm (14 in) in length and mainly feeds on fishes and krill.
View Wikipedia Record: Champsocephalus esox

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Champsocephalus esox

Prey / Diet

Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Schroederichthys bivius (Narrowmouthed catshark)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Trophic Ecology and Structure of Coastal Antarctic Fish Communities, Timothy E. Targett, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 4: 243-263, 1981
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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