Harpagiferidae

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Harpagiferidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling Antarctic and sub-Antarctic fishes known for their cold-adapted physiology and inclusion among the notothenioid fishes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Harpagiferidae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation cold-adapted physiology ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName spiny plunderfishes ⓘ
containsGenus Harpagifer ⓘ
Pogonophryne ⓘ
distribution Southern Ocean ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
prey for larger fishes ⓘ
environment marine ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
habitat Antarctic waters ⓘ
benthic zone ⓘ
sub-Antarctic waters ⓘ
includedInClade notothenioid fishes ⓘ
includes Antarctic spiny plunderfish ⓘ
sub-Antarctic spiny plunderfish ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle bottom-dwelling ⓘ
notableFeature adaptations to freezing temperatures ⓘ
order Perciformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region high-latitude marine ecosystems ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType bony ⓘ
superfamily Notothenioidea ⓘ
linked to: Notothenioidei
taxonRank family ⓘ
temperatureTolerance near-freezing seawater ⓘ
thermalPreference cold water ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Notothenioidei → includes → Harpagiferidae ⓘ
Eleginopsidae → relatedTo → Harpagiferidae ⓘ