Notothenia

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.

Notothenia
Black cod, N. microlepidota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Notothenia
J. Richardson, 1844
Type species
Notothenia coriiceps
J. Richardson, 1844

Species

Bullhead notothen

Seven recognized species are in this genus:[2]

References

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


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