Antarctic silverfish

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Antarctic Silverfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Notothenioidei Family: Nototheniidae Genus: Pleuragramma Species: P. antarcticum
Binomial name
Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902

The Antarctic Silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum is a member of the suborder Notothenioidei of the Perciform fishes.^[1][2] This Antarctic marine fish is one of several in the region which produce antifreeze glycopeptides as an adaptation against the extreme cold of Antarctic waters.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Pleuragramma antarcticum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
2. ^ Pleuragramma antarcticum (TSN 642933). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 11 March 2006.
3. ^ A. P. Wohrmann (1995). "Antifreeze glycopeptides in the high-Antarctic Silverfish Pleurogramma antarcticum (Notothenioidei)". Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. Toxicol. Endocrinol. 111 (1): 121–129.