Gray starsnout | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Genus: | Bathyagonus |
Species: | B. alascanus
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Binomial name | |
Bathyagonus alascanus (
Gilbert, 1896)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The gray starsnout (Bathyagonus alascanus), also known as the gray starsnout poacher in the United States, [2] is a fish in the family Agonidae. [3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896. [4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the coast of the Bering Sea in Alaska, to the Oregon- California border. It dwells at a depth range of 18–252 metres, and inhabits rocky areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13 centimetres. [3]
The species epithet "alascanus" refers to the species' type locality in Alaska. The Gray starsnout is preyed on by the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus). [5]
Gray starsnout | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Genus: | Bathyagonus |
Species: | B. alascanus
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Binomial name | |
Bathyagonus alascanus (
Gilbert, 1896)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The gray starsnout (Bathyagonus alascanus), also known as the gray starsnout poacher in the United States, [2] is a fish in the family Agonidae. [3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896. [4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the coast of the Bering Sea in Alaska, to the Oregon- California border. It dwells at a depth range of 18–252 metres, and inhabits rocky areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13 centimetres. [3]
The species epithet "alascanus" refers to the species' type locality in Alaska. The Gray starsnout is preyed on by the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus). [5]