Pricklebreast poacher
| Pricklebreast poacher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Subfamily: | Brachyopsinae |
| Genus: | Stellerina Cramer, 1896 |
| Species: | S. xyosterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Stellerina xyosterna (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)
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The pricklebreast poacher (Stellerina xyosterna)is a species of poacher native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Canada to northern Mexico. This species can be found on sandy or muddy bottoms at depths of from 5 to 75 metres (16 to 246 ft). This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stellerina xyosterna". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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