Bigeye poacher
| Bigeye poacher | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Bathyagonus |
| Species: | B. pentacanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathyagonus pentacanthus (Gilbert, 1890) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Bigeye poacher (Bathyagonus pentacanthus, also known commonly as the Bigeye starsnout or the Bigeye starsnout poacher[2]) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1890.[4] It is a marine, subtropical fish which is known from the Gulf of Alaska to southern California, USA, in the northern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 110-910 metres, and inhabits soft bottoms. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23 centimetres.[3]
The Bigeye poacher is preyed on by the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus).[5]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bathyagonus pentacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Bathyagonus pentacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bathyagonus pentacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Gilbert, C. H., 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
- ↑ Organisms preying on Bathyagonus pentacanthus at www.fishbase.org.
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