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  Name Antarctic Silverfish
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Perciformes
  Subordo Notothenioidei
  Familia Nototheniidae
  Genus '''''Pleuragramma'''''
  Species '''''P antarcticum'''''
  Binomial ''Pleuragramma antarcticum''
  Binomial Authority Boulenger , 1902


The Antarctic Silverfish, '''''Pleuragramma antarcticum''''' is a member of the suborder Notothenioidei of the Perciform fishes. 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.1


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