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.

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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 antarcticus
  Antarktisraubfisch
• Harpagifer bispinis
• Harpagifer crozetensis
• Harpagifer georgianus
• Harpagifer kerguelensis
• Harpagifer macquariensis
• Harpagifer nybelini
• Harpagifer palliolatus
• Harpagifer permitini
• Harpagifer spinosus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-02-28 21:31:28 

Last edit:

2020-04-01 18:32:33 

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