Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Agonidae > Agonomalus > Agonomalus proboscidalis

Agonomalus proboscidalis (Poacher)

Synonyms: Aspidophorus proboscidalis; Hypsagonus proboscidalis
Language: Japanese; Korean; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Agonomalus proboscidalis is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1858, originally under the genus Aspidophorus. It is a marine, polar water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including northern Japan, the Sea of Japan, and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 20 to 102 metres (66 to 335 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in). A. proboscidalis is a commercial aquarium fish.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0