Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Lepidonotothen squamifrons, the grey rockcod, is a species of notothen native to the Southern Ocean, where it can be found at depths from 10 to 900 m (33 to 2,953 ft), though it is most often found between 192 and 312 m (630 and 1,024 ft). This species grows to a length of 55 cm (22 in), though most are only around 35 cm (14 in). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.[1]

Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Nototheniidae
Genus:
Lepidonotothen
Species:
L. squamifrons
Binomial name
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
(Günther, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937
  • Notothenia squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia squamifrons squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia macrophthalma Norman, 1937Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937
  • Lepidonotothen kempi (Norman, 1937)
  • Lepidonotothen macrophthalma (Norman, 1937)
  • Notothenia brevipectoralis Hureau, 1966
  • Notothenia squamifrons atlantica Permitin & Sazonov, 1974

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


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