Chesnonia verrucosa

Chesnonia verrucosa
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Chesnonia
Iredale & Whitley, 1969
Species: C. verrucosa
Binomial name
Chesnonia verrucosa
(Lockington, 1880)

Chesnonia verrucosa, the Warty Poacher, is a species of poacher native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths of from 18 to 425 metres (59 to 1,394 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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