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> Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Harpagiferidae (Spiny plunderfishes)
Etymology: Harpagifer: Greek, arpagifer, grappling hook, robbery, voracoius (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin démersal; profondeur 40 - 50 m. Temperate; 52°S - 57°S

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South Atlantic and South Pacific: Straits of Magellan, south of Chile and Argentina, Patagonian Region and Staten Island. Falkland Islands and subantarctic islands (Ref. 4537).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 117667)

Mainly in shallow, inshore waters, but may be found from 40-50 m. Occurs in tide pools, under rocks and among kelp (Ref. 5191). Feed on small crustaceans and common in littoral of all sub-Antarctic islands (Ref. 42041).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Females guard the eggs deposited in a nest they constructed for the four month incubation period (Ref. 89358).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Hureau, J.-C., 1990. Harpagiferidae. p. 357-363. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5191)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

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Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801)