canina, Notothenia tessellata forma Smitt [F. A.] 1897:25, Pl. 1-2 [Bihang till Kongl. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar. Stockholm v. 23 (afd. 4) (no. 3); ref. 18728] Syntypes: NRM 3114 (3). Regarded as infrasubspecific by Eschmeyer 1998:319 [ref. 23416]; based on scale types, and Smitt's other forma's have available names listed in synonymy. Earliest valid publication not researched. •Listed as valid as Patagonotothen canina by authors, e.g. (Pequeño 1989:65 [ref. 14125], López et al. 1996:50 [ref. 23681], Eastman & Eakin 2000:15 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S97 [ref. 29555], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:211 [ref. 40423]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Uncertain as Patagonotothen canina (Smitt 1897). Nototheniidae: Nototheniinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Patagonia (Argentina).