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Longtail Southern Cod

Patagonotothen ramsayi

Classification

Patagonotothen ramsayi, the longtail southern cod, rock cod, marujo (in spanish) or Notothenia, is a benthopelagic species of marine ray-finned fish of the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or the cod icefishes, native to the Patagonian Shelf in the southwest Atlantic, where it is the most abundant notothen species found, dominating among medium-sized demersal fishes in the area, and is a commercially important species. Taxonomy This species was originally described as Notothenia ramsayi by Charles Tate Regan, who collected the holotype from the Burdwood Bank in 1903 during the…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 1,106Chile · 66United Kingdom · 19