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The following non-avian biota have been observed on and around Heard Island and the adjacent McDonald Islands, which are part of the same Australian territory.[ 1] List of birds of Heard and McDonald Islands .
Included on this list are seven species of mammal, 23 taxa of fish, 25 species of terrestrial arthropods, one land snail, one flowering plant, and one species of kelp.
Scientific name
Authority
Common name
Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876)
Eaton's skate
Bathyraja irrasa (Hureau and Ozouf-Costaz, 1980)
Kerguelen sandpaper skate
Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880)
Murray's skate
Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg
Mackerel icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus (Richardson, 1844)
Unicorn icefish
Dissostichus eleginoides (Smitt, 1898)
Patagonian toothfish
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878)
Lanternfish
Electrona carlsbergi (Tanning, 1932)
Lanternfish
Gobionotothen acuta Günther
Triangular rockcod
Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905)
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911)
Nichol's lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
Lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905)
Lanternfish
Lepidonotothen mizops (Günther, 1880)
Toad rockcod
Lepidonotothen squamifrons Günther
Grey rockcod
Muraenolepis sp.
Moray cod
Notolepis coatsi (Dollo, 1908)
Antarctic jonasfish
Notothenia coriiceps (Richardson, 1844)
Black rockcod
Notothenia rossii (Richardson, 1844)
Marbled rockcod
Nototheniidae sp.
Icefish
Paradiplospinus gracilis Brauer
Snake mackerel
Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
Lanternfish
Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther
Horsefish
Terrestrial arthropods [ edit ] Terrestrial mollusk [ edit ]
Scientific name
Authority
Common name
Kelp species
kelp
Anon. (2005). 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan' . Australian Antarctic Division. ISBN 1-876934-08-5 
