- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- ARTEDIDRACONIDAE
- Neodraco
- skottsbergi
Neodraco skottsbergi (Lönnberg 1905)
Illustration of Neodraco skottsbergi. Source: Regan, C.T. (1914) British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") expedition, 1910. Natural history report. Zoology. I(1). License: Public Domain
Summary:
Head and body covered with dark brown spots and blotches on a yellowish background, about 6-8 blotches at the dorsal-fin base that may continue as bars on the side of the body, and a pale mental barbel. The first dorsal fin has some dark markings, the second dorsal fin has dark oblique stripes, the caudal fin has about 8 vertical stripes and dark spots on the upper and lower edges, and the pectoral fins have about 5-7 vertical stripes.
This species was previously known as Artedidraco skottsbergi.
This species was previously known as Artedidraco skottsbergi.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2023, Neodraco skottsbergi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5148
Neodraco skottsbergi (Lönnberg 1905)
More Info
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Distribution |
Occurs throughout the Australian Antarctic Territory. Elsewhere the species is circum-Antarctic in the Southern Ocean. Occurs inshore and on the continental shelf and upper slope. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin II-IV + 24-28; Anal fin 17-21; Pectoral fin 14-17; Gill rakers (1-5) + (13-16); Upper lateral line scales 2-6 (tubular) + about 1-16 (disc-shaped); Middle lateral line scales 11-26; Vertebrae 36-39. Body depth 4.9-8.7 and head length 2.8-4.3 in SL. Orbit diameter 2.8-3.6 and interorbital width 13-21 in HL. Mental barbel smooth or finely papillose, 7-11 in HL. |
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Colour |
In preservative: head and body heavily spotted with dark brown on a yellowish background; about 6-8 blotches at base of dorsal fins, sometimes continued on sides of body as bars. First dorsal fin with some dark markings and second dorsal fin with dark bands on rays forming oblique stripes; spotting darkest distally. Anal fin light, but posterior part darkly-spotted distally. Caudal fin with about 8 vertical stripes, upper and lower edges darkly spotted. Pectoral fins with about 5-7 vertical stripes and pelvic fins unspotted. Mental barbel pale. |
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Feeding |
Feeds small crustaceans and polychaete worms. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Swedish botanist Carl Skottsberg, a member of the 1901-1904 Swedish South Polar Expedition, during which type specimen was collected. The original description included Skottsberg's illustration of a larger specimen (than the type). |
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Species Citation |
Artedidraco skottsbergi Lönnberg 1905, The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901–1903. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 5(5): 48. Type locality: South of Snow Hill Island, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, depth 125 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2023 |
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Resources |
Neodraco skottsbergi (Lönnberg 1905)
References
Balushkin, A.V. 2000. Morphology, classification, and evolution of notothenioid fishes of the Southern Ocean (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Journal of Ichthyology 40(Supplement 1): 74-109 (as Artedidraco skottsbergi)
Eakin, R.R. 1990. Artedidraconidae. pp. 332-356 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. (as Artedidraco skottsbergi) See ref at BHL
Eastman, J.T. & Eakin, R.R. 1999. Fishes of the genus Artedidraco (Pisces, Artedidraconidae) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with the description of a new species and a colour morph. Antarctic Science 11(1): 13-22 (as Artedidraco skottsbergi)
Eastman, J. & Eakin, R. 2021. Checklist of the species of notothenioid fishes. Antarctic Science 33(3): 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102020000632 (as Artedidraco skottsbergi)
Lönnberg, E. 1905. The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901–1903. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 5(5): 1-69 fig. 5 pls 1-5 See ref at BHL
Miller, R.G. 1993. History and Atlas of the Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean. Carson City, Nevada : Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies i-xx + 792 pp.
Moteki, M., Koubbi, P., Pruvost, P., et al. 2009. Larvae and juveniles of the plunderfishes Artedidraco shackletoni and A. skottsbergi (Notothenioidei, Artedidraconidae) from the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 32: 123–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0512-2
Parker, E. & Near, T.J. 2022. Phylogeny reconciles classification in Antarctic Plunderfishes. Ichthyology & Herpetology 4: 662-674. https://doi.org/10.1643/i2021126
