Longnose poacher | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Genus: | Sarritor |
Species: | S. leptorhynchus
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Binomial name | |
Sarritor leptorhynchus (
Gilbert, 1896)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The longnose poacher [2] (Sarritor 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 (66 to 1,509 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]