Antarctic toothfish, Antarctic cod, Antarctic blenny, Giant Antarctic cod
Dissostichus mawsoni
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Nototheniidae
La légine antarctique (Dissostichus mawsoni) est un poisson de la famille Nototheniidae. Il est célèbre par la présence d'une protéine antigel dans son organisme, qui lui permet de survivre dans les eaux glacées de l'océan Austral. Également appelé poisson Mawson en référence à Douglas Mawson, il a un battement de cœur une fois toutes les six secondes.
The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), also known as the Antarctic cod, is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (even subzero) waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. It is the largest species of bony fish in the Southern Ocean, feeding largely on smaller fishes and crustaceans, and, in turn, preyed on by orcas, other toothed whales, and seals. It is caught for food and marketed as Chilean sea bass together with its sister species, the more northerly Patagonian toothfish (D.
El Bacalao antártico o róbalo de profundidad (Dissostichus mawsoni) es una especie de pez del Océano Austral o Océano Antártico famoso por su producción de glicoproteína anticongelante que le permite no congelarse en las heladas aguas. Aunque es llamado bacalao, no es un bacalao verdadero ni forma parte del mismo orden. Características generales Son grandes peces, probablemente mesopelágicos.
Distribution
More from the same family

Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Nototheniidae
humped rockcod
Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Nototheniidae
Black rockcod, Bullhead notothen
Notothenia coriiceps
Nototheniidae
Marbled notothen, Marbled rockcod
Notothenia rossii
Nototheniidae
Magellanic rockcod, Orange throat notothen
Paranotothenia magellanica
Nototheniidae
Nototenia
Patagonotothen cornucola
Nototheniidae
yellowfin notothen
Patagonotothen guntheri
Nototheniidae
Longtail Southern Cod
Patagonotothen ramsayi
Nototheniidae