Dissostichus

Translingual

Dissostichus mawsoni, Antarctic toothfish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, “double; twice”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”).

Proper noun

Dissostichus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nototheniidae – toothfishes.

Hypernyms

• (species): Perciformes - order; Notothenioidei - suborder; Nototheniidae - family; Pleuragrammatinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dissostichus eleginoides (Patagonian toothfish, Chilean sea bass) - type species; Dissostichus mawsoni (Antarctic toothfish) - other species

References

• Dissostichus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dissostichus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dissostichus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dissostichus at World Register of Marine Species