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Harpagiferidae (Spiny plunderfishes)
Etymology: Harpagifer: Greek, arpagifer, grappling hook, robbery, voracoius (Ref. 45335); crozetensis: Named after its type locality, Crozet Islands.
Issue
Considered as a synonym of Harpagifer kerguelensis Nybelin, 1947 in Ref. 45488.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Temperate
Indian Ocean: Crozet Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83990); 7.7 cm SL (female)
Collected by hand from the littoral zone, under stones (Ref. 83990).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Prirodina, V.P., 2004. Harpagifer crozetensis sp. nova (Harpagiferidae, Notothenioidei), a new species from the littoral of the Crozet Islands (Indian Ocean Sector of Antarctic). J. lchthyol. 44(5):395-399. (Ref. 83990)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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