Painted notie

Lepidonotothen larseni
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Lepidonotothen
Species: L. larseni
Binomial name
Lepidonotothen larseni
(Lönnberg, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Notothenia larseni Lönnberg, 1905
  • Lepidonotothen larseni (Lönnberg, 1905)

Lepidonotothen larseni, the painted notie, is a species of cod icefish native to the Southern Ocean, ranging east from southern South America to south of the central Indian Ocean where it occurs at depths of from 30 to 750 metres (98 to 2,461 ft). This species can reach a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Lepidonotothen larseni" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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