Nototheniidae

yellowbelly rockcod

Notothenia coriiceps

Nototheniid Fish of Coastal Waters

• Yellow
• Polar
• Circumpolar Antarctic
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Southern Ocean
• Polar regions
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Large
• Cold-water fish

Notothenia coriiceps, also known as the black rockcod, Antarctic yellowbelly rockcod, or Antarctic bullhead notothen, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is widely spread around the Antarctic continent. Like other Antarctic notothenioid fishes, N. coriiceps evolved in the stable, ice-cold environment of the Southern Ocean.