Biology:Gvozdarus

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Gvozdarus
Gvozdarus svetovidovi 2nd known specimen.jpg
Gvozdarus svetovidovi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nototheniidae
Genus: Gvozdarus
Balushkin, 1989
Type species
Gvozdarus svetovidovi
Balushkin, 1989

Gvozdarus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the Southern Ocean.[1]

Taxonomy

Gvozdarus was first formally described as a genus in 1989 by the Soviet ichthyologist Arkady Vladimirovich Balushkin with the type species by monotypy being Gvozdarus svetovidovi,[2] a second species has subsequently been described.[1] Some authorities place this taxon in the subfamily Pleuragrammatinae,[3] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not include subfamilies in the Nototheniidae.[4] The name of the genus is a Latinised version of a local name for the zander (Sander lucioperca) in Veliky Novgorod, Russia. Balushkin did not explain why he chose this name but it may refer to the similarity in form of G. svetovidovi, especially the long, pointed teeth, to the zander.[5]

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Gvozdarus balushkini Voskoboinikova & Kellermann, 1993
  • Gvozdarus svetovidovi Balushkin, 1989 (Naked-head toothfish)

Characteristics

Gvozdarus notothens have an elongate, fusiform body which is broadest at the front. The head is widest at its rear with a flat and wide space between the eyes and a snout which is longer than the diameter of its eyes. They have large mouths which extends to the front of the pupil. The lower jaw protrudes slightly and both jaws have canine-like teeth with an inner patch near the jaw joint in the upper jaw.[3] The largest known fish of this genus had a total length of 100 cm (39 in).[1]

Distribution, habitat and biology

Gvozdarus notothens are found in the Southern Ocean and the genus has a circumpolar distribution.[1] The contents of the stomach of the holotype consisted of the remains, including a lower mandible, of the Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum). The Antarctic silverfish is the most abundant pelagic fish found over the continental shelves of the Antarctic and this is taken to be an indication that these fishes are pelagic piscivores.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Gvozdarus in FishBase. June 2021 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Nototheniidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Nototheniidae. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 H.H. Dewitt; P.C. Heemstra; O. Gon (1990). "Nototheniidae Notothens". Fishes of the Southern Ocean. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. ISBN 9780868102115. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/240475#page/300/mode/1up. 
  4. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 465. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. 
  5. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds (12 April 2021). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Notothenoididei: Families Bovichtidae, Pseaudaphritidae, Elegopinidae, Nototheniidae, Harpagiferidae, Artedidraconidae, Bathydraconidae, Channichthyidae and Percophidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. https://etyfish.org/perciformes7/. 

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