Notothenia
| Notothenia | |
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| Black cod, N. microlepidota | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Nototheniidae |
| Genus: | Notothenia J. Richardson, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Notothenia coriiceps J. Richardson, 1844
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Notothenia is a genus of notothenid fish.[1] They are 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
Seven recognized species are in this genus:[2]
- 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 nudifrons Lönnberg, 1905 (Antarctic cod)
- Notothenia rossii J. Richardson, 1844 (marbled rockcod)
- Notothenia trigramma Regan, 1913
References
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- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Notothenia Richardson [J.] 1844". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Notothenia in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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