black cod
Notothenia microlepidota Hutton, 1875
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Notothenia microlepidota, the black cod or small-scaled cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the Pacific waters around New Zealand and Macquarie Island. This species can reach a total length of 70 cm (28 in). It is a commercially important species.
Wikipedia contributors, Notothenia microlepidota; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:45:41.964896+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Notothenia microlepidota Hutton, 1875
- Name authority
- Hutton, 1875
- Common name
- black cod
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Nototheniidae
- Genus
- Notothenia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderNotothenioidei
- familyNototheniidae Günther, 1861
- subfamilyNototheniinae Günther, 1861
- genusNotothenia Richardson, 1844
- speciesNotothenia microlepidota Hutton, 1875
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Notothenia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Notothenia angustata Hutton, 1875 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notothenia neglecta Nybelin, 1951 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| marbled rockcodNotothenia rossii Richardson, 1844 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notothenia trigramma Regan, 1913 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Paranotothenia microlepidota (Hutton, 1875) (Hutton, 1875) | synonym |
| Notothenia colbecki Boulenger, 1902 Boulenger, 1902 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hutton, F. W. (1875). Descriptions of new species of New-Zealand fish. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4), v. 16 (no. 95) (art. 41): 313–317. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937508681859 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:47YZH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.