Dissostichus mawsoni

Dissostichus mawsoni

Taxonavigation: Notothenioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Notothenioidei

Familia: Nototheniidae
Subfamilia: Pleuragrammatinae
Genus: Dissostichus
Species: Dissostichus mawsoni

Name

Dissostichus mawsoni Norman, 1937

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1937.9.21.123.

Type locality: Off MacRobertson Land, 66°45'S, 62°03'E, Antarctica.

Vernacular names

English: Antarctic Toothfish

References

• Norman, J. R., 1937: Fishes. B. A. N. Z. Antarctic Research Expedition. 1929-1931. Reports -- Series B. 1 (2): 51–88.

• Remeslo, A.V., Yakushev, M.R. & Laptikhovsky, V. 2015. Alien vs. Predator: interactions between the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) and the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). Journal of Natural History 49(41–42): 2483–2491. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1040477 Reference page. 

Links

• Dissostichus mawsoni in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Dissostichus mawsoni in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.