Family Congiopodidae - Racehorses or pigfishes
Order : Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Congiopodidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 1 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Southern Hemisphere. Scaleless; sometimes with granular skin. Relatively long snout. A single nostril on each side. Very small gill opening, located above pectoral base. Usually well developed lateral line. Dorsal fins united (except in Zanclorhynchus); dorsal spines 8-21, soft rays 8-14. Anal fin spines 1-3 or absent; 5-10 soft rays. Pectoral fin with 8-12 rays. Vertebrae 28-39. Maximum length about 80 cm. One species in South Africa reportedly molts like reptiles. Four Genera: [Congiopodus (=Agriopus), Alerticthys, Perryena, and Zanclorhynchus; the latter three monotypic. Species of this family tend to be benthic and occur uo to 500 m.
Etymology : Greek, kogchion, diminutive, kogche, -es = oyster, shell + Greek, pous = pie ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Scorpaenoidei | | Congiopodidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Congiopodidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Congiopodus torvus (Gronow, 1772)
acceptedseniornew
Blennius torvus Gronow, 1772
synonymseniororiginal
Cephalinus glaber Gronow, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal
Congiopodus peruvianus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Agriopus peruvianus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Agriopus hispidus Jenyns, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
Congiopodus spinifer (Smith, 1839)
acceptedseniornew
Agriopus spinifer Smith, 1839
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Agriopus melanosoma Bleeker, 1879
synonymjuniororiginal
Congiopodus leucopaecilus (Richardson, 1846)
acceptedseniornew
Agriopus leucopaecilus Richardson, 1846
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Congiopodus kieneri (Sauvage, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Agriopus kieneri Sauvage, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Congiopodus kienerii (Sauvage, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Congiopodus coriaceus Paulin & Moreland, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Cephalinus coriaceus (Paulin & Moreland, 1979)
synonymseniornew
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