WoRMS taxon details
Paranotothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801)
234645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234645)
accepted
Species
Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Notothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801) · unaccepted
Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Paranotothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234645 on 2026-06-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Koubbi, P., G. Duhamel & S. Pavoine. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Pisces. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramspisces.php [details]
additional source Duhamel G, Gasco N and Davaine P, 2005. Poissons des Iles Kerguelen et Crozet. Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2005. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Maori cod | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Notothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paranotothenia magellanica)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Notothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paranotothenia magellanica)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia maoriensis Haast, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Notothenia macrocephalus Günther, 1860)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Gadus magellanicus Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym