Editing Notothenia microlepidota (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{speciesbox
| image              = Notothenia microlepidota (Black cod).gif
| image_caption      = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
| taxon = Notothenia microlepidota
| authority = [[Frederick Hutton (scientist)|Hutton]], 1875
| synonyms = * ''Paranotothenia microlepidota'' <small>(Hutton, 1875)</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBase/>
}}

'''''Notothenia microlepidota''''', the '''black cod''' or '''small-scaled cod''', is a [[species]] of marine [[ray-finned fish]], belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Nototheniidae]], the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the [[Pacific]] waters around [[New Zealand]] and [[Macquarie Island]]. This species can reach a [[fish measurement|total length]] of {{convert|70|cm|in|abbr=on}}.  It is a [[commercial fisheries|commercially]] important species.