Bovichthyidae
fish family
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The Bovichthyidae family comprises approximately 11 species found in subantarctic and south temperate seas off the coasts of Chile, Argentina, southern New Zealand, and southern Australia. One species also inhabits rivers in South Australia and Tasmania. These fish are part of the Notothenioidei suborder, which includes codlike or sculpinlike percoids predominantly found in Antarctic and cold temperate Southern Hemisphere waters.1
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