Southern spearnose poacher
| Southern spearnose poacher | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Agonopsis |
| Species: | A. sterletus |
| Binomial name | |
| Agonopsis sterletus (Gilbert, 1898) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Southern spearnose poacher[2] (Agonopsis sterletus) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898, originally under the genus Averruncus. It is a marine, subtropical fish which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including California, USA to Baja California, Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of 42 to 91 metres (138 to 299 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Agonopsis sterletus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Agonopsis sterletus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Agonopsis sterletus at www.fishbase.org.
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