Biology:Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Short description: Species of fish

Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Nototheniidae
Genus:	Lepidonotothen
Species:	L. squamifrons
Binomial name
Lepidonotothen squamifrons (Günther, 1880)
Synonyms
Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937 Notothenia squamifrons Günther, 1880 Notothenia squamifrons squamifrons Günther, 1880 Notothenia macrophthalma Norman, 1937Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937 Lepidonotothen kempi (Norman, 1937) Lepidonotothen macrophthalma (Norman, 1937) Notothenia brevipectoralis Hureau, 1966 Notothenia squamifrons atlantica Permitin & Sazonov, 1974

Lepidonotothen squamifrons, the grey rockcod, is a species of notothen native to the Southern Ocean, where it can be found at depths from 10 to 900 m (33 to 2,953 ft), though it is most often found between 192 and 312 m (630 and 1,024 ft). This species grows to a length of 55 cm (22 in), though most are only around 35 cm (14 in). The grey rockcod feed mainly on macrozooplankton (salps, crustaceans and cnidarians) and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.

A drawing of Lepidonotothen squamifrons, the grey rockcod by J.C.Hureau.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2661927 entry