- Antarctic silverfish
Taxobox
name = Antarctic Silverfish
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
subordo =Notothenioidei
familia =Nototheniidae
genus = "Pleuragramma"
species = "P. antarcticum"
binomial = "Pleuragramma antarcticum"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1902The Antarctic Silverfish, "Pleuragramma antarcticum" is a member of the suborderNotothenioidei of the Perciform fishes. [FishBase species|genus = Pleuragramma|species = antarcticum|month = November|year = 2005] [ITIS|ID=642933|taxon=Pleuragramma antarcticum|year=2006|date=11 March] ThisAntarctic marine fish is one of several in the region whichproduce antifreeze glycopeptides as an adaptation against the extreme cold of Antarctic waters. [cite journal | author = A. P. Wohrmann | year = 1995 | title = [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7656179&dopt=Abstract Antifreeze glycopeptides in the high-Antarctic Silverfish "Pleurogramma antarcticum" (Notothenioidei)] | journal = Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. Toxicol. Endocrinol. | volume = 111 | issue = 1 | pages = 121–129]References
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