Eleginopsidae

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Eleginopsidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the notothenioid group, known for inhabiting cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eleginops 2
Eleginopsidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToGroup notothenioid fishes ⓘ
biogeographicRealm Temperate South America marine ecoregions ⓘ
bodyShape elongate ⓘ
clade Notothenioidei ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
climateZone temperate ⓘ
commonName eleginopid fishes ⓘ
distribution Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
cold temperate waters ⓘ
ecologicalRole marine predator ⓘ
exampleFisherySpecies Eleginops maclovinus ⓘ
feedingType carnivorous ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
firstDescribedBy Leonard Jenyns ⓘ
firstDescriptionYear 1840s (family-level concept later formalized) ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ
hasCharacteristic adapted to cold marine environments ⓘ
benthic-associated behavior ⓘ
moderately elongated body ⓘ
hasGenus Eleginops ⓘ
linked to: Eleginopsidae
hasSpecies Eleginops maclovinus ⓘ
importance regional commercial fisheries ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle demersal ⓘ
nativeTo Patagonian region ⓘ
linked to: Southern Patagonia

southern South America ⓘ
order Perciformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Channichthyidae ⓘ
Harpagiferidae ⓘ
Nototheniidae ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
researchUse model for notothenioid evolution ⓘ
salinityPreference marine and estuarine ⓘ
skeletonType bony ⓘ
superorder Acanthopterygii ⓘ
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
thermalPreference cold-temperate ⓘ
trophicLevel mid-trophic predator ⓘ
typeGenus Eleginops ⓘ
linked to: Eleginopsidae
typeSpecies Eleginops maclovinus ⓘ
vernacularName Patagonian blennies (broad sense) ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Notothenioidei → includes → Eleginopsidae ⓘ
Eleginopsidae → hasGenus → Eleginops ⓘ
linked to: Eleginopsidae
Eleginopsidae → typeGenus → Eleginops ⓘ
linked to: Eleginopsidae