Congiopodidae

E242009

Congiopodidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes, commonly known as pigfishes or horsefishes, found mainly in temperate coastal waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

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Label Occurrences
Congiopodidae canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
analFin short anal fin
associatedWith continental shelf
upper continental slope
bodyShape compressed body
caudalFin rounded caudal fin
class Actinopterygii
commonName horsefishes
pigfishes
depthRange shallow coastal waters to several hundred metres
describedInYear 1860
diet benthic invertebrates
small fishes
distribution Southern Hemisphere
dorsalFin single long dorsal fin
eggType pelagic eggs
environment demersal
feedingType carnivorous
finType ray-finned fishes
geographicOccurrence South Pacific Ocean
southern Atlantic Ocean
southern Indian Ocean
waters around New Zealand
waters around southern Africa
waters around southern Australia
habitat marine waters
temperate coastal waters
hasGillCoverFeature bony head with ridges and spines
hasMember Alertichthys
Congiopodus
Perryena
Zanclorhynchus
hasTypeGenus Congiopodus
infraclass Teleostei
kingdom Animalia
namedBy Albert Günther
order Scorpaeniformes
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Scorpaenidae
Triglidae
reproduction oviparous
skeletonType bony fishes
skinCovering mostly scaleless or with small embedded scales
snoutShape elongated snout
subclass Neopterygii
taxonRank family
vernacularNameLanguage English

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Scorpaeniformes includes Congiopodidae