Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 25; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19. Reddish-olive with very large brown blotches (Ref. 11892).

Common Names

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Crested spiny plunderfish , English , South Africa

触手裸南极鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

觸手裸南極魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Harpagiferidae

Genus: Harpagifer

Species: Harpagifer palliolatus Richardson, 1845

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Common in the littoral zone, under rocks, but may occur to depths of 40-50 m (Ref. 5191). Accorded full species recognition because of the presence of tubular cephalic pores and a single knob bearing a tentacle above each eye, thus setting it apart from the other species (Ref. 5191). Feed on small crustaceans and common in littoral of all sub-Antarctic islands (Ref. 42041).

Habitat

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demersal