Notothenia
| Notothenia | |
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| Black cod, (N. microlepidota) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Notothenioidei |
| Family: | Nototheniidae |
| Genus: | Notothenia J. Richardson, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Notothenia coriiceps J. Richardson, 1844 | |
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Notothenia is a genus of cod icefishes native to the Southern Ocean and other waters around Antarctica. These fish have some adaptations that allow them to thrive in such inhospitable habitat, like antifreeze proteins in their blood and ample fat to insulate them against heat loss and to offset their lack of a swim bladder.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Notothenia angustata F. W. Hutton, 1875 (Maori chief)
- Notothenia coriiceps J. Richardson, 1844 (Black rockcod)
- Notothenia cyanobrancha J. Richardson, 1844 (Blue rockcod)
- Notothenia microlepidota F. W. Hutton, 1875 (Black cod)
- Notothenia neglecta Nybelin, 1951 (Yellowbelly rockcod)
- Notothenia rossii J. Richardson, 1844 (Marbled rockcod)
- Notothenia trigramma Regan, 1913
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Notothenia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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