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Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898

Patagonian toothfish
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Uruguay country information

Common names: Merluza negra, Patagonian tootfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nión, H., C. Ríos and P. Meneses, 2002
National Database: Dinara

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Nototheniidae (Cod icefishes) > Pleuragrammatinae
Etymology: Dissostichus: Greek, disso = twice, one or other + Greek, stix, stichos =line, row (Ref. 45335);  eleginoides: eleginoides deriving from the genus Eleginops for an assumed resemblance to that genus (Ref. 11892).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 0 - 2144 m (Ref. 127764), usually 70 - 1500 m (Ref. 2121).   Temperate; 33°S - 66°S, 77°W - 180°E (Ref. 54228)

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