Species
The following 25 species are recognized in the Channichthyidae family:
- Chaenocephalus
- Chaenocephalus aceratus : blackfin icefish
- Chaenodraco
- Chaenodraco wilsoni : spiny icefish
- Champsocephalus
- Champsocephalus esox : pike icefish
- Champsocephalus gunnari : mackerel icefish
- Channichthys
- Channichthys aelitae : Aelita icefish
- Channichthys bospori : big-eyed icefish
- Channichthys irinae : pygmy icefish
- Channichthys mithridatis : green icefish
- Channichthys panticapaei : charcoal icefish
- Channichthys rhinoceratus : unicorn icefish
- Channichthys richardsoni : robust icefish
- Channichthys rugosus : red icefish
- Channichthys velifer : sail icefish
- Chionobathyscus
- Chionobathyscus dewitti : deep-water icefish
- Chionodraco
- Chionodraco hamatus
- Chionodraco myersi : Myers' icefish
- Chionodraco rastrospinosus : ocellated icefish
- Cryodraco
- Cryodraco antarcticus : long-fingered icefish
- Cryodraco atkinsoni : Atkinson's icefish
- Cryodraco pappenheimi : Pappenheim's icefish
- Dacodraco
- Dacodraco hunteri
- Neopagetopsis
- Neopagetopsis ionah : Jonah's icefish
- Pagetopsis
- Pagetopsis macropterus
- Pagetopsis maculatus
- Pseudochaenichthys
- Pseudochaenichthys georgianus : South Georgia icefish
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