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Aethotaxis mitopteryx (Threadfin pithead)

Wikipedia Abstract

Aethotaxis mitopteryx, the Longfin icedevil, is a species of cod icefish native to the Southern Ocean where it can be found at depths down to 850 metres (2,790 ft). This species grows to a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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Infraspecies

Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx (Longfin icedevil)
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni

Predators

Cygnodraco mawsoni (Mawson's dragonfish)[1]
Leptonychotes weddellii (Weddell Seal)[2]
Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie Penguin)[3]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Diet of two Antarctic dragonfish (Pisces: Bathydraconidae) from the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, EVGENY A. PAKHOMOV, Antarctic Science 10 (1): 55-61 (1998)
♦ 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.
♦ 3The role of notothenioid fish in the food web of the Ross Sea shelf waters: a review, M. La Mesa, J. T. Eastman, M. Vacchi, Polar Biol (2004) 27: 321–338
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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