Notothenia coriiceps
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Notothenia coriiceps, also known as the black rockcod, Antarctic yellowbelly rockcod, or Antarctic bullhead notothen, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is widely spread around the Antarctic continent.[2] Like other Antarctic notothenioid fishes, N. coriiceps evolved in the stable, ice-cold environment of the Southern Ocean.[3] It is not currently targeted by commercial fisheries.[4]
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Notothenia coriiceps | |
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Biodiversity Heritage Library | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Nototheniidae |
Genus: | Notothenia |
Species: | N. coriiceps |
Binomial name | |
Notothenia coriiceps J. Richardson, 1844 | |
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