Bathydraco scotiae

Bathydraco scotiae

Broken lines sinking twenty five hundred meters beneath Antarctica

Polar
Circumpolar Antarctic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Southern Ocean
Polar regions
Medium
Cold-water fish

Bathydraco scotiae is a marine fish that inhabits ocean habitats. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: Broken lines sinking twenty five hundred meters beneath Antarctica.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Bathydraconidae
Genus: Bathydraco
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southern Ocean: Antarctic continental slope and slopes of the South Orkney and South Sandwich islands. Probably circum-Antarctic.

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