Description

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Common Names

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South Georgia spiny plunderfish , English , South Africa

South Georgia spiny plunderfish , English , Global

头孔裸南极鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

頭孔裸南極魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Harpagiferidae

Genus: Harpagifer

Species: Harpagifer georgianus Nybelin, 1947

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Mainly littoral but has been reported to occur as deep as 90 m. Fishes seen lying motionless on the bottom most of the time. Major food item: amphipods. Also important food are isopods and polychaetes (Ref. 5191).

Habitat

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demersal