Chaenocephalus aceratus

Chaenocephalus aceratus
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Channichthyidae
Genus:	Chaenocephalus Regan, 1913
Species:	C. aceratus
Binomial name
Chaenocephalus aceratus (Lönnberg, 1906)

Chaenocephalus aceratus, the Blackfin icefish, is a species of crocodile icefish known from around Bouvet Island and the northern Antarctic Peninsula where it occurs at depths of 5 to 770 metres (16 to 2,526 ft). This species grows to a length of 72 centimetres (28 in) TL. It is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

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