Bovichtidae

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Bovichtidae is a family of marine fishes, commonly known as temperate icefishes, found mainly in cold Southern Hemisphere waters and closely related to Antarctic notothenioid fishes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bovichtidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade Notothenioidei ⓘ
bodyTemperatureAdaptation cold-temperate ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName temperate icefishes ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
distribution Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
sub-Antarctic waters ⓘ
temperate waters ⓘ
ecologicalRole mesopredator in coastal ecosystems ⓘ
eggType demersal eggs ⓘ
environment marine ⓘ
feedingType carnivorous ⓘ
finConfiguration two dorsal fins ⓘ
habitat coastal rocky reefs ⓘ
shallow continental shelf waters ⓘ
hasCharacteristic adapted to cold-water environments ⓘ
benthic or demersal lifestyle ⓘ
elongate body form ⓘ
lack of swim bladder in most species ⓘ
large pectoral fins ⓘ
scales present ⓘ
spiny first dorsal fin ⓘ
well-developed lateral line ⓘ
hasEconomicUse minor commercial fisheries ⓘ
recreational angling ⓘ
includesGenus Bovichtus ⓘ
linked to: Rhycherus

Cottoperca ⓘ
Pseudaphritis ⓘ
infraclass Teleostei ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter genus Bovichtus ⓘ
order Perciformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Antarctic notothenioid fishes ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
subclass Neopterygii ⓘ
superfamily Notothenioidea ⓘ
linked to: Notothenioidei
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Bovichtus ⓘ
linked to: Rhycherus

How these facts were elicited

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

Notothenioidei → includes → Bovichtidae ⓘ