| Podothecus sturioides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Podothecus |
| Species: | P. sturioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Podothecus sturioides (Guichenot, 1869) | |
Podothecus sturioides is a fish in the family Agonidae. [1] It was described by Alphone Guichenot in 1869.
Agonidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fish. Common names for members of this family include poachers, Irish lords, sea ravens, alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. They are notable for having elongated bodies covered by scales modified into bony plates, and for using their large pectoral fins to move in short bursts. The family includes about 59 species in some 25 genera, some of which are quite widespread.
Podothecus is a genus of poachers native to the northern Pacific Ocean.
The sturgeon poacher, also known as the sturgeon-like sea-poacher in Canada, is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1813. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including the western Bering Sea, Cape Navarin, the Commander Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Aleutian Islands, and northern California, USA. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 710 metres, and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in).
Podothecus hamlini is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1898.
Podothecus sachi(Japanese poacher: Tokubireトクビレ) is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901.
The veteran poacher is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1895. It is a marine, polar water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Peter the Great Bay; Robben Island, Sakhalin; and the Sea of Okhotsk. It dwells at a depth range 10 to 605 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 28 centimetres (11 in).
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