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. 2020 Mar 11;15(3):e0229259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229259

Table 5. Species of fishes observed during expedition at Isla de los Estados (IE) and Mitre Peninsula (MP).

Pisc = piscivore; Inv = invertivore. Values are mean number of individuals.m-2, with one standard deviation of the mean in parentheses.–means the taxa was not observed. Family names in bold.

Family/ common name Scientific name Trophic group IE MP
Agonidae
Armored fish Agonopsis chiloensis Inv - -
Syngnathidae
Pipefish Leptonotus blainvilleanus Inv - -
Ophidiiformes
Pink cuskeel Genypterus blacodes Pisc, Inv - 0.3 (0.6)
Bovichtidae
Frogmouth Cottoperca trigloides* Pisc, Inv 0.2 (0.4) 0.3 (0.6)
Nototheniidae
Magellanic rock cod Paranotothenia magellanica+ Inv 1.3 (2.8) 16.3 (13.4)
Rock cod Patagonotothen brevicauda* Inv 0.3 (0.7) -
Rock cod Patagonotothen cornucola* Inv 7.5 (8.2) -
Rock cod Patagonotothen longipes* Inv 0.4 (1.1) -
Rock cod Patagonotothen sima* Inv 5.3 (3.2) 1.3 (2.3)
Rock cod Patagonotothen squamiceps* Inv 16.4 (15.8) 1.0 (1.7)
Rock cod Patagonotothen tessellata* Inv 5.5 (14.3) -
Harpagiferidae
Spiny plunder fish Harpagifer bispinis* Inv 0.6 (1.2) -
Zoarcidae
South American eelpout Austrolycus depressiceps* Pisc, Inv 0.1 (0.3) 0.3 (0.6)
Eelpout Crossostomus chilensis* Pisc, Inv 0.2 (0.6) -
Eelpout Pogonolycus marinae* Pisc, Inv 0.1 (0.3) 0.3 (0.6)

* Magellanic endemic

+ Magellanic, Subantarctic Is. endemic