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Harpagiferidae

Parker, Elyse;Near, Thomas J.

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Harpagiferidae

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Harpagiferidae, the plunderfishes, are a family of marine perciform fishes native to the Southern Ocean.

Species

spiny plunderfishes

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyHarpagiferidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded3,023

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Harpagiferidae
Collections
NMV
Recorded in
Antarctica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Notothenioidei
Image
Harpagifer antarcticus.jpg
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family
taxon name
Harpagiferidae
Commons category
Harpagiferidae
topic's main category
Category:Harpagiferidae
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • References

Harpagiferidae, the plunderfishes, are a family of marine perciform fishes native to the Southern Ocean.

== Taxonomy == The following subfamilies and genera are classified within it: Family Harpagiferidae Gill, 1861 Subfamily Harpagiferinae Gill, 1861 (spiny plunderfishes) Genus Harpagifer Richardson, 1844 Subfamily Artedidraconinae Andriashev, 1967 (barbeled plunderfishes) Genus Artedidraco Lönnberg, 1905 Genus Dolloidraco Roule, 1913 Genus Histiodraco Regan, 1914 Genus Pogonophryne Regan, 1914

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