Notothenia

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Notothenia
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Black cod, (N. microlepidota)
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Notothenia

Type species
Notothenia coriiceps
J. Richardson, 1844
Synonyms
  • Macronotothen T. N. Gill, 1862
  • Indonotothenia Balushkin, 1984

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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]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Notothenia in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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