Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dissostichus mawsoni, the Antarctic toothfish, is a species of cod icefish native to the Southern Ocean. It is often mistakenly referred to as an Antarctic cod, consistent with the misnaming of other notothenioid Antarctic fish as rock cods. However, notothenioid fishes are unrelated to cods, which are in another taxonomic order, the Gadiformes. The generic name Dissostichus is from the Greek dissos (twofold) and stihcus (line) and refers to the presence of two long lateral lines, which are very important to the species’ ecology. The common name toothfish refers to the presence of biserial dentition in the upper jaw, thought wrongly to give it a shark-like appearance. The habitat of the Antarctic toothfish is in subzero degree water below latitude 60°S.. }
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- Antarctic_toothfish abstract "Dissostichus mawsoni, the Antarctic toothfish, is a species of cod icefish native to the Southern Ocean. It is often mistakenly referred to as an Antarctic cod, consistent with the misnaming of other notothenioid Antarctic fish as rock cods. However, notothenioid fishes are unrelated to cods, which are in another taxonomic order, the Gadiformes. The generic name Dissostichus is from the Greek dissos (twofold) and stihcus (line) and refers to the presence of two long lateral lines, which are very important to the species’ ecology. The common name toothfish refers to the presence of biserial dentition in the upper jaw, thought wrongly to give it a shark-like appearance. The habitat of the Antarctic toothfish is in subzero degree water below latitude 60°S.".