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#REDIRECT [[Maori cod]] |
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{{Taxobox |
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| color = pink |
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| name = Maori Cod |
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| image = Paranotothenia_magellanica_(Maori_cod).gif |
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| image_caption = Maori Cod,<br>''Paranotothenia magellanica''<br> |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Perciformes]] |
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| familia = [[Nototheniidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Paranotothenia]]'' |
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| species = '''''P. magellanica''''' |
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| binomial = ''Paranotothenia magellanica'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|Forster]], 1801 |
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}} |
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The '''Maori cod''', '''Black cod''', '''Blue notothenia''', '''Magellanic rockcod''', '''Maori chief''', or '''Orange throat notothen''' (''Paranotothenia magellanica'') is a [[cod icefish]] in the genus [[Paranotothenia]] commercially harvested from the [[Southern Ocean]]. It is found at depths down to 255 metres, and its length is between 15 and 40 cm. It is a member of the order [[Perciformes]] and thus unrelated to the true [[cod]]s. |
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The range of the Maori cod spreads from the southern tip of [[South America]], the [[Falkland Islands]], southern [[New Zealand]] and associated islands, the [[Patagonia]]n coast to [[Subantarctic islands|sub-Antarctic]] regions, but it is rarely found in the [[Ross Sea]]. Because of its wide distribution, it is fished by many countries, and is known by various names, such as Orange throat notothen ([[South Africa]]), Maori Cod ([[USA]]), Maori Chief (USA), Megallanic Rockcod (USA), Blue nonothenia (USA) and Black cod ([[New Zealand]]). |
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The Maori cod is a bluish on the back with irregular darker markings, and a greyish-yellow underside. The tail is square-cut, and the two [[lateral line]]s do not overlap. The first [[dorsal fin]] is small with only three or four spines. |
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It eats a variety of [[invertebrate]]s and small fishes, together with [[seaweed]]. In turn, the Maori cod is an important diet item for [[seal (mammal)|seals]] and [[sea lion|sea lions]]. |
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==References== |
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* {{FishBase_species | genus = Paranotothenia | species = magellanica | year = 2006 | month = May}} |
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1982]]) ISBN 0-00-216987-8 |
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[[Category:Nototheniidae]] |
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Revision as of 16:04, 22 May 2006
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