Dissostichus

Translingual

Dissostichus mawsoni, Antarctic toothfish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, “double; twice”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”).

Proper noun

Dissostichus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Nototheniidae – toothfishes.

Hypernyms

(species): Perciformes - order; Notothenioidei - suborder; Nototheniidae - family; Pleuragrammatinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Dissostichus eleginoides (Patagonian toothfish, Chilean sea bass) - type species; Dissostichus mawsoni (Antarctic toothfish) - other species

References

Dissostichus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dissostichus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dissostichus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dissostichus at World Register of Marine Species

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