Nesting behavior of the icefish Chaenocephalus aceratus at Bouvetøya Island, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Detrich, H. William, Jones, Christopher D., Kim, Stacy, North, Anthony W., Thurber, Andrew, Vacchi, Marino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2005
• Subjects: Zoology; Bouvetøya; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Icefish; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1746/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0010-8

We describe in situ observations on nesting by the Scotia Sea (or blackfin) icefish Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg) that constitute the first substantive evidence of egg brooding and parental care by species of the family Channichthyidae. At Boutetoya Island six fish, all apparently male, were ob...