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southern driftfish (Icichthys australis)
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Centrolophidae

southern driftfish

Icichthys australis

Centrolophid Fish beneath the Eastern Indian Ocean

  • Temperate
  • Circumpolar Antarctic
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Polar regions
  • South America
  • West Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

southern driftfish is a marine fish of Eastern Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 81 cm.

Maximum length
81 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania. Pacific and Atlantic: New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Southern Ocean: South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, and the Kerguelen Islands. Juveniles found both north and south of the Antarctic Convergence and are probably circumpolar between 50°-60°S.

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