| Mackerel icefish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Notothenioidei |
| Family: | Channichthyidae |
| Genus: | Champsocephalus |
| Species: | C. gunnari |
| Binomial name | |
| Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905 [1] |
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The mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, is a fish found only in the Southern Ocean. They are mainly to be found near Heard and McDonald Islands, Îles Kerguelen and islands in the south Atlantic such as South Georgia.[2]
Due to overfishing, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) considers the species "depleted".[3]