Antarctic silverfish

Antarctic Silverfish

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Notothenioidei
Family:	Nototheniidae
Genus:	Pleuragramma
Species:	P. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. The Antarctic icefish belong to the Perciform suborder Notothenioidei and are the largely endemic, dominant fish taxa in the cold continental shelf waters The cod icefishes are a family Nototheniidae, of Perciform fishes containing about 50 species in 12 genera antarcticum

Binomial name

Pleuragramma antarcticum
Boulenger, 1902

The Antarctic Silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum is a member of the suborder Notothenioidei of the Perciform fishes. George Albert Boulenger (born Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 1858; died Saint Malo, France, November 23 The Antarctic icefish belong to the Perciform suborder Notothenioidei and are the largely endemic, dominant fish taxa in the cold continental shelf waters The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony Fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. ^[1]^[2] This Antarctic marine fish is one of several in the region which produce antifreeze glycopeptides as an adaptation against the extreme cold of Antarctic waters. Antifreeze proteins (AFPs or ice structuring proteins (ISPs refer to a class of Polypeptides produced by certain vertebrates plants fungi and bacteria that permit ^[3]

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