TY - JOUR N2 - In the summer of 1977/78, materials for determining the age and growth rate of Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937 were obtained in the South Georgia region. The 11—51 cm long fishes were of the age 1+ to 13+. The curvilinear relationship between the body length and the otolith radius took an S shape. In the first four years annual increments are almost identical and start to decrease in the following years. Spawning may occur in the 5th or 6th year of life, and hatching of larvae from eggs laid in autumn (IV—VI) takes place at the end of winter (IX of X). Larvae and juvenile fish lead an exclusively pelagic life, while older fish feed in near-bottom layers: when resources are scare there they seek food in the pelagial. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111579/PDF/1981_3-4_145-157.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111579 PY - 1981 IS - No 3-4 EP - 157 KW - Pseudochaenichthys georgianus KW - age KW - growth rate KW - South Georgia A1 - Chojnacki, Juliusz A1 - Palczewski, Piotr PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 2 DA - 1981 T1 - Age and growth rate of Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Norman, 1937 (family Chaenichthyidae) of the South Georgia region SP - 145 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111579 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -