Longnose poacher
| Longnose poacher | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Leptagonus |
| Species: | L. leptorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptagonus leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The longnose poacher[2] (Leptagonus leptorhynchus) is a fish in the family Agonidae.[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896, originally under the genus Odontopyxis.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including the Bering Sea, southeastern Alaska, northern Japan, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. It dwells at a depth range of 20 to 460 metres (70 to 1,510 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[3]
The Longfin poacher's diet consists of crustaceans such as euphausiids, mysids, amphipods, and copepods, as well as polychaetes and other benthic invertebrates.[5]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarritor leptorhynchus". FishBase.
- ↑ Gilbert, C. H., 1896 (9 Dec.) [ref. 1628] The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35.
- ↑ Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.