Maori cod

Maori cod
Maori cod
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Paranotothenia
Species: P. magellanica
Binomial name
Paranotothenia magellanica
Forster, 1801[verification needed]

Paranotothenia magellanica, the Maori cod, is also known as Magellanic rockcod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen. "Maori chief" and "black cod", sometimes used for this species, usually refer to fishes from the related genus Notothenia. It is a cod icefish in the family Nototheniidae commercially harvested from the Southern Ocean. It is found at depths down to 255 m, and its length is between 15 and 40 cm. It is a member of the order Perciformes and thus unrelated to the true cods.

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