Agonopsis
Appearance
Agonopsis | |
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Agonopsis sterletus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Subfamily: | Agoninae |
Genus: | Agonopsis T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Type species | |
Aspidophorus chiloensis Jenyns, 1840
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Agonopsis is a genus of poachers native to the Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Agonopsis asperoculis W. F. Thompson, 1916
- Agonopsis chiloensis (Jenyns, 1840) (Snailfish)
- Agonopsis sterletus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (Southern spearnose poacher)
- Agonopsis vulsa (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (Northern spearnose poacher)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Agonopsis". FishBase. December 2012 version.