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Icefishes and allies
Notothenioidei
Notothenioidei is one of 19 suborders of the order Perciformes. The group is found mainly in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters, with some species ranging north to southern Australia and southern South America. Notothenioids constitute approximately 90% of the fish biomass in the continental shelf waters surrounding Antarctica.
8 branches of this suborder, most-observed first · about 160 known species
Thornfishes
familyBovichtidae
Cod Icefishes
familyNototheniidae
Catadromous Icefishes
familyPseudaphritidae
Spiny Plunderfishes
familyHarpagiferidae
Patagonian Blennies
familyEleginopidae
Crocodile Icefishes
familyChannichthyidae
Brazilian Flatheads
familyPercophidae
Antarctic Dragonfishes
familyBathydraconidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303563.