Bembridae

E242007

Bembridae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as deepwater flatheads, found on continental shelf and slope bottoms in the Indo-Pacific region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bembridae canonical 1
Parabembridae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
belongsToBiogeographicRealm Indo-Pacific Ocean
bodyShape flathead-like
class Actinopterygii
commonName deepwater flatheads
containsTaxon Bembradium
Bembradon
linked to: Bembradium

Bembras
Bembrichthys
Parabembras
linked to: Bembras
describedBy Georges Cuvier
diet carnivorous
environment benthic
finType ray-finned
geographicDistribution Indo-Pacific region
habitat continental shelf bottoms
continental slope bottoms
marine waters
hasCharacteristic bottom-dwelling lifestyle
large flattened head
spiny head and body
hasGillCover operculum
kingdom Animalia
order Scorpaeniformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
salinityPreference marine
skeletonType bony
subclass Neopterygii
superclass Osteichthyes
taxonRank family
trophicLevel predator

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scorpaeniformes includes Bembridae
Scorpaeniformes includes Parabembridae
linked to: Bembridae