Ice fish
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Bovichtus angustifrons |
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| Gill , 1893 |
The ice fish (Bovichtidae) live in cold and temperate waters of the southern hemisphere on the border with the Southern Ocean , in the seas around New Zealand , southern Australia and southern South America . Also in the fresh waters of Southeast Australia and Tasmania .
features
The fish are 9 to 80 centimeters long. Its mouth can be extended, the snout not very long. They have a single lateral line organ . The fish have two dorsal fins, one hard and one soft. Ploughshare and palatine bone are dentate.
species
Of the ten species , seven belong to the genus Bovichtus .
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Bovichtus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832
- Bovichtus angustifrons (Regan, 1913) .
- Bovichtus argentinus (MacDonagh, 1931) .
- Bovichtus chilensis (Regan, 1913) .
- Bovichtus diacanthus (Carmichael, 1819) .
- Bovichtus psychrolutes ( Günther , 1860) .
- Bovichtus variegatus Richardson , 1846 .
- Bovichtus veneris (Sauvage, 1879) .
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Cottoperca Steindachner , 1876
- Cottoperca gobio (Günther, 1861) .
- Cottoperca trigloides (Forster 1801) .
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Halaphritis Last, Balushkin & Hutchins, 2002
- Halaphritis platycephala Last, Balushkin & Hutchins, 2002 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. Wiley, New York 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .
Web links
Commons : Bovichtidae - Collection of images, videos and audio files
