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Crocodile Icefishes
Channichthyidae
The crocodile icefish or white-blooded fish (Channichthyidae) comprise a family of notothenioid fish found in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and southern South America, where water temperatures remain relatively stable (generally ranging from -1.8 to +2.0 °C). Sixteen species of crocodile icefish are currently recognized.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Chaenocephalus
genusChaenocephalus
Champsocephalus
genusChampsocephalus
Channichthys
genusChannichthys
Chaenodraco
genusChaenodraco
Pagetodes
genusPagetodes
Chionodraco
genusChionodraco
Neopagetopsis
genusNeopagetopsis
Pagetopsis
genusPagetopsis
South Georgia Icefishes
genusPseudochaenichthys
Chionobathyscus
genusChionobathyscus
Dacodraco
genusDacodraco
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51478.