Dissostichus mawsoni

Translingual

Dissostichus mawsoni, Antarctic toothfish

Etymology

Dissostichus + mawsoni, from Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, double; twice) + στίχος (stíkhos, line), and (Sir Douglas) Mawson, the leader of an Antarctic expedition during which specimens were collected.[1]

Proper noun

Dissostichus mawsoni m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Nototheniidae Antarctic toothfish.

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References

  1. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth Lazara, editors (2021 April 12), “Order Perciformes: Suborder Notothenioidei”, in The ETYfish Project
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