Harpagifer

Harpagifer is a genus of perciform fish, the spiny plunderfishes, native to the southern oceans. It is currently the only genus in its family.[1]

Harpagifer
Harpagifer antarcticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Notothenioidei
Family:
Harpagiferidae

T. N. Gill, 1861
Genus:
Harpagifer

Type species
Batrachus bispinis
J. R. Forster, 1801

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Harpagifer andriashevi Prirodina, 2000
  • Harpagifer antarcticus Nybelin, 1947 (Antarctic spiny plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer bispinis (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Magellan plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer georgianus Nybelin, 1947 (South Georgia spiny plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer kerguelensis Nybelin, 1947 (Kerguelen spiny plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer macquariensis Prirodina, 2000
  • Harpagifer nybelini Prirodina, 2000
  • Harpagifer palliolatus J. Richardson, 1845 (Crested spiny plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer permitini Neyelov & Prirodina, 2006 (Permitin spiny plunderfish)
  • Harpagifer spinosus Hureau, Louis, Tomo & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980 (Deep-water spiny plunderfish)
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See also

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Harpagifer in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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