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.

Proper noun

Dissostichus mawsoni m

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

Hypernyms

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

References

• Dissostichus mawsoni on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dissostichus mawsoni on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dissostichus mawsoni on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia