Nototheniidae
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The cod icefishes or nothothens are the family Nototheniidae of acanthopterygian fishes. They are traditionally placed in the perciform assemblage together with their relatives, but like every lineage in the "Perciformes", their actual relationships are not yet determined with certainty.