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| Specimen Records: | 58 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 44 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 44 |
| Public Records: | 7 |
| Species: | 7 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 7 |
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Congiopodidae
Congiopodidae is a family of scorpaeniform fishes native to the southern hemisphere, commonly known as pigfishes, horsefishes and racehorses.
Congiopids live on the bottom of shallow temperate and sub-Antarctic seas, at depths of up to 150 metres (490 ft). They lack scales, and have a projecting snout with a small mouth.[1]
Classification
There are nine species in four genera:
- Genus Alertichthys
- Genus Congiopodus
- Genus Perryena
- Genus Zanclorhynchus
See also
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Congiopodidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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