Painted notie
The painted notie (Lepidonotothen larseni) is a species of notothen native to the Southern Ocean, ranging east from southern South America to south of the central Indian Ocean, where it lives on the seabed at depths from 30 to 750 m (98 to 2,461 ft). This species can reach a total length of 24 cm (9.4 in).[1] The painted notie eats krill, mysids and hyperiid amphipods. This species spawns in autumn and winter. [1]
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| Illustration by French ichthyologist J.C. Hureau | |
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This species is of no interest to commercial fisheries. [2]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Lepidonotothen larseni" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- "FAO Catches List". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
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