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Harpagifer antarcticus Antarctic spiny plunderfish

Harpagifer antarcticus is commonly referred to as Antarctic spiny plunderfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland

Harpagifer antarcticus


Courtesy of the author Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland . Please visit dschories.com for more information.

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lexID:
5141 
AphiaID:
234825 
Scientific:
Harpagifer antarcticus 
German:
Antarktisraubfisch 
English:
Antarctic Spiny Plunderfish 
Category:
Øvrig fisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Harpagiferidae (Family) > Harpagifer (Genus) > antarcticus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Nybelin, 1947 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetlands Island  
Sea depth:
8 - 90 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.74" (9.5 cm) 
Temperature:
~ 26.6 °F (-3°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Harpagifer andriashevi
  • Harpagifer bispinis
  • Harpagifer crozetensis
  • Harpagifer georgianus
  • Harpagifer kerguelensis
  • Harpagifer macquariensis
  • Harpagifer nybelini
  • Harpagifer palliolatus
  • Harpagifer permitini
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 18:32:33 

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Nybelin, 1947

Special thanks for the foto to Prof. Dr. Dirk Schories.

Feed on the amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica. Depth: max. 5 m. Lives hidden under stones.

Synonym:
Harpagifer bispinis antarcticus Nybelin, 1947

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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