cod icefish
Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913)
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
Patagonotothen ramsayi, the longtail southern cod, rock cod, marujo (in spanish) or Notothenia, is a benthopelagic species of marine ray-finned fish of the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or the cod icefishes, native to the Patagonian Shelf in the southwest Atlantic, where it is the most abundant notothen species found, dominating among medium-sized demersal fishes in the area, and is a commercially important species.
Wikipedia contributors, Patagonotothen ramsayi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:06.456968+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913)
- Name authority
- (Regan, 1913)
- Common name
- cod icefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Nototheniidae
- Genus
- Patagonotothen
- 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
- genusPatagonotothen Balushkin, 1976
- speciesPatagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Patagonotothen. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Patagonotothen cornucola (Richardson, 1844) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen elegans (Günther, 1880) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin notothenPatagonotothen guntheri (Norman, 1937) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen jordani (Thompson, 1916) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen sima (Richardson, 1845) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen squamiceps (Peters, 1877) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen tessellata (Richardson, 1845) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen shagensis Balushkin & Permitin, 1982 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen brevicauda (Lönnberg, 1905) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen canina (Smitt, 1897) | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen kreffti Balushkin & Stehmann, 1993 | NototheniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonotothen thompsoni Balushkin, 1993 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Notothenia ramsayi Regan, 1913 Regan, 1913 | synonym |
| Patagonotothen longipes ramsayi (Regan, 1913) (Regan, 1913) | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234633 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:4DZHV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.