Biology:Pricklebreast poacher

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Pricklebreast poacher
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Subfamily: Brachyopsinae
Genus: Stellerina
Cramer, 1896
Species:
S. xyosterna
Binomial name
Stellerina xyosterna
(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1532550 entry