Eleginopsidae

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Eleginopsidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the notothenioid group, known for inhabiting cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eleginops 2
Eleginopsidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
belongsToGroup notothenioid fishes
biogeographicRealm Temperate South America marine ecoregions
bodyShape elongate
clade Notothenioidei
class Actinopterygii
climateZone temperate
commonName eleginopid fishes
distribution Southern Hemisphere
cold temperate waters
ecologicalRole marine predator
exampleFisherySpecies Eleginops maclovinus
feedingType carnivorous
finType ray-finned
firstDescribedBy Leonard Jenyns
firstDescriptionYear 1840s (family-level concept later formalized)
habitat coastal waters
marine waters
hasCharacteristic adapted to cold marine environments
benthic-associated behavior
moderately elongated body
hasGenus Eleginops
linked to: Eleginopsidae
hasSpecies Eleginops maclovinus
importance regional commercial fisheries
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle demersal
nativeTo Patagonian region
linked to: Southern Patagonia

southern South America
order Perciformes
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Channichthyidae
Harpagiferidae
Nototheniidae
reproduction oviparous
researchUse model for notothenioid evolution
salinityPreference marine and estuarine
skeletonType bony
superorder Acanthopterygii
taxonomicRank family
thermalPreference cold-temperate
trophicLevel mid-trophic predator
typeGenus Eleginops
linked to: Eleginopsidae
typeSpecies Eleginops maclovinus
vernacularName Patagonian blennies (broad sense)
waterType saltwater

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Notothenioidei includes Eleginopsidae
Eleginopsidae hasGenus Eleginops
linked to: Eleginopsidae
Eleginopsidae typeGenus Eleginops
linked to: Eleginopsidae