Painted notie
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The painted notie, Lepidonotothen larseni (previously Notothenia larseni), is a marine cod icefish in the family
Nototheniidae
with distribution in the Southern Ocean, ranging east from southern South America
to south of the central Indian Ocean. Their length is up to 24 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Nototheniidae
Nototheniidae
The cod icefishes or nothothens are the family Nototheniidae of acanthopterygian fishes, containing about 50 species in 13 genera. They are traditionally placed in the perciform assemblage together with their relatives, but like every lineage in the "Perciformes" their actual relationships are not...
with distribution in the Southern Ocean, ranging east from southern South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
to south of the central Indian Ocean. Their length is up to 24 cm.