Family Harpagiferidae - Spiny plunderfishes
Order : Perciformes/Notothenioidei Harpagiferidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 1 | Species : 12 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Littoral, extending north to subantarctic and south to, for example, southern part of South America and Kerquelen and Macquarie islands. Chin barbel absent; strong spine on opercle and on subopercle; three hypurals; vertebrae 34-37.
Etymology : Greek, harpago = robbery + Latin, ferre = to bring ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Hureau, J.-C. 1990
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Notothenioidei | | Harpagiferidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Harpagiferidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Batrachus bispinis Forster, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
Harpagifer palliolatus Richardson, 1845
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
synonymseniorchange in rank
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Harpagifer georgianus Nybelin, 1947
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Harpagifer spinosus Hureau, Louis, Tomo & Ozouf, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
Harpagifer andriashevi Prirodina, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Harpagifer macquariensis Prirodina, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Harpagifer nybelini Prirodina, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Harpagifer crozetensis Prirodina, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Harpagifer permitini Neyelov & Prirodina, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
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