Grey rockcod

Grey rockcod
A drawing of Lepidonotothen squamifrons, the grey rockcod by J.C.Hureau
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Lepidonotothen
Balushkin, 1976
Species:
L. squamifrons
Binomial name
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
(Günther, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937
  • Notothenia squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia squamifrons squamifrons Günther, 1880
  • Notothenia macrophthalma Norman, 1937
  • Notothenia kempi Norman, 1937
  • Lepidonotothen kempi (Norman, 1937)
  • Lepidonotothen macrophthalma (Norman, 1937)
  • Notothenia brevipectoralis Hureau, 1966
  • Notothenia squamifrons atlantica Permitin & Sazonov, 1974

The grey rockcod (Lepidonotothen squamifrons), also known as the grey notothen, stripe-eyes notothen or stripe-eyed rockcod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the Southern Ocean. The grey rockcod feeds mainly on macrozooplankton and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. It is the only species in the genus Lepidonotothen.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidonotothen squamifrons". FishBase. June 2021 version.