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.

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Eleginopsidae canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
belongsToGroup notothenioid fishes
biogeographicRealm Temperate South America marine ecoregions NERFINISHED
bodyShape elongate
clade Notothenioidei NERFINISHED
class Actinopterygii
climateZone temperate
commonName eleginopid fishes
distribution Southern Hemisphere
cold temperate waters
ecologicalRole marine predator
exampleFisherySpecies Eleginops maclovinus NERFINISHED
feedingType carnivorous
finType ray-finned
firstDescribedBy Leonard Jenyns NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasSpecies Eleginops maclovinus NERFINISHED
importance regional commercial fisheries
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle demersal
nativeTo Patagonian region NERFINISHED
southern South America
order Perciformes NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Channichthyidae NERFINISHED
Harpagiferidae NERFINISHED
Nototheniidae NERFINISHED
reproduction oviparous
researchUse model for notothenioid evolution
salinityPreference marine and estuarine
skeletonType bony
superorder Acanthopterygii NERFINISHED
taxonomicRank family
thermalPreference cold-temperate
trophicLevel mid-trophic predator
typeGenus Eleginops NERFINISHED
typeSpecies Eleginops maclovinus NERFINISHED
vernacularName Patagonian blennies (broad sense)
waterType saltwater

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Notothenioidei includes Eleginopsidae