Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Channichthyidae > Pagetopsis > Pagetopsis macropterus

Pagetopsis macropterus (Crocodile icefish)

Synonyms: Champsocephalus macropterus
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Prey / Diet

Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)[1]
Ningaui yvonnae (Southern Ningaui)[1]

Predators

Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor Penguin)[1]
Arctocephalus gazella (Antarctic Fur Seal)[1]
Dissostichus mawsoni (Antarctic blenny)[2]
Leptonychotes weddellii (Weddell Seal)[1]
Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie Penguin)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Contracaecum osculatum[3]
Contracaecum radiatum[3]
Elytrophalloides oatesi[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
♦ 2The evolution of neutrally buoyant notothenioid fishes: Their specializations and potential interactions in the Antarctic marine food web, J.T. Eastman, Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food Webs, Springer-Verlag 1985
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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