Mackerel icefish

Mackerel icefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Notothenioidei
Family: Channichthyidae
Genus: Champsocephalus
Species: C. gunnari
Binomial name
Champsocephalus gunnari
Lönnberg, 1905 [1]

The mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, is a fish found only in the Southern Ocean. They are mainly to be found near Heard and McDonald Islands, Îles Kerguelen and islands in the south Atlantic such as South Georgia.[2]

Larval stage

Due to overfishing, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) considers the species "depleted"

It can turn invisible, because of the white blood that contains anti freeze. It's normal size is 22-25 ft long. Only 1 ft when it is born.[3]

References

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