Paranotothenia magellanica

Paranotothenia magellanica
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Nototheniidae
Genus:	Paranotothenia
Species:	P. magellanica
Binomial name
Paranotothenia magellanica (J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
Gadus magellanicus J. R. Forster, 1801 Notothenia magellanica (J. R. Forster, 1801) Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860 Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873

Paranotothenia magellanica, also known as Magellanic rockcod, Maori cod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen, 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. "Maori chief" and "black cod", sometimes used for this species, usually refer to fishes from the related genus Notothenia. Being a perciform fish, it is unrelated to the true cods of the order Gadiformes. This species is commercially important as a food fish.