Notothenia coriiceps

(Notothenia coriiceps)

Description

The black rockcod (Notothenia coriiceps), also known as the Antarctic yellowbelly rockcod or the Antarctic bullhead notothen, is a species of notothen that is widely spread around the Antarctic continent. Like other Antarctic notothenioid fishes, N. coriiceps evolved in the stable, ice-cold environment of the Southern Ocean.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Nototheniidae
Genus:Notothenia
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