Author: Andriashev, 1960
FBname: Antarctic escolar
Remark: Validity of species questionnable for some authors, but no recent publications.
Comments: Adults and subadults epipelagic to mesopelagic, or mesobenthopelagic at shelves and slopes from surface to 830 m (temp.  0° to 4°C).  Larvae and juveniles, probably mesopelagic to bathypelagic, down to 2,830 m depth (Ref. 5084).  Feeds on krill, squid and fishes (predominantly myctophids).  Larval and juvenile specimens mostly obtained between southern land masses and the Antarctic continent.