Sturgeon poacher
| Sturgeon poacher | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Agonidae
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| Species: | P. accipenserinus
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| Podothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)
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The sturgeon poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus, also known as the sturgeon-like sea-poacher in Canada[3]) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[4] 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, , 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 (6.6 to 2,329.4 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in).[4]
The Sturgeon poacher's diet consists of bony fish, crustaceans such as amphipods, copepods and shrimp, and annelid worms.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Species Podothecus accipenserinus Tilesius 1813". FishWisePro. 1813. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Synonyms of Podothecus accipenserinus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Podothecus accipenserinus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Podothecus accipenserinus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Food items reported for Podothecus accipenserinus at www.fishbase.org.
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- Agonidae
- Fish described in 1813
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau
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