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Eastman, Joseph & Eakin, Richard (2000). "An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on
Antarctic species".
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is tall and in large specimens the fin rays have small tubercles on them. The first and second dorsal fins are clearly separated. They have a rounded
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icefishes may have a backwards pointing spine on the snout and small tubercles on the upper surface of the head. The
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recognises 5 species while other authorities are of the view that the genus is monotypic and that
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but will also eat algae. They spawn in the summer and migrate into shallow water to do so.
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which have bony plates, although they may have other plates on their flanks. In the
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has 5-7 robust spines with blunt spines on the other opercular bones. They have 2
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genus. Subsequently up to nine species have been classified within
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which means "fish", alluding to the wide gape of these fishes.
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region of the Indian sector of the
Southern Ocean. They are
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was first formally described as a genus in 1844 by the
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445:to 43.7 cm (17.2 in) in
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460:icefishes are restricted to the
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633:Voskoboinikova, Olga (2002).
720:Fishes of the Southern Ocean
245:) which he placed in a new
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962:Fish of the Southern Ocean
495:in botton trawls for the
363:Channichthys rhinoceratus
243:Channichthys rhinoceratus
204:. They are native to the
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472:fishes. They are mainly
374:Channichthys richardsoni
352:Channichthys panticapaei
341:Channichthys mithridatis
501:Champsocephalus gunnari
639:Zoosystematica Rossica
599:"Species in the genus
437:. They have a maximum
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241:the unicorn icefish (
189:is a genus of marine
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399:Channichthys velifer
385:Channichthys rugosus
319:Channichthys bospori
305:Channichthys aelitae
403:E. E. Meisner, 1974
330:Channichthys irinae
271:meaning "gape" and
202:crocodile icefishes
42:Channichthys irinae
568:"Species in genus
358:– charcoal icefish
325:– big-eyed icefish
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779:Wikispecies
474:piscivorous
293:dorsal fins
287:Dorsal fins
257:does while
172:Chaenicthys
107:Perciformes
946:Categories
697:17 October
645:: 407–412.
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543:17 October
507:References
443:C. rugosus
435:caudal fin
431:dorsal fin
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297:gill raker
228:naturalist
134:Richardson
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419:operculum
310:Shandikov
247:monotypic
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577:FishBase
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221:Scottish
212:Taxonomy
163:Synonyms
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77:Animalia
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279:Species
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269:channos
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