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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyChannichthyidae
  5. ›genusPseudochaenichthys
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

South Georgia icefish

Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937

Also calledCrocodile de Georgie (fra) · Peixe-gelo-preto (por) · Южногеоргианская белокровка (rus)

First described in: Norman, J. R. (1937). Diagnoses of new nototheniiform fishes collected by the `Discovery' expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 20 (118): 475-476.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2389943.