Biology:Sturgeon poacher

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Sturgeon poacher
Podothecus accipenserinus.jpg
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P. accipenserinus
Binomial name
Podothecus accipenserinus
(Tilesius, 1813)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agonus accipenserinus Tilesius, 1813
  • Phalangistes accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)
  • Podothecus acipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)
  • Agonus acipenserinus Tilesius, 1813
  • Phalangistes acipenserinus Pallas, 1814
  • Podothecus peristethus Gill, 1861

The sturgeon poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus, also known as the sturgeon-like sea-poacher in Canada [3]) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[4] It was described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1813. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including the western Bering Sea, Cape Navarin, the Commander Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Aleutian Islands, and northern California , United States . It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 710 metres (6.6 to 2,329.4 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in).[4]

The Sturgeon poacher's diet consists of bony fish, crustaceans such as amphipods, copepods and shrimp, and annelid worms.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2484473 entry