Biology:Sawback poacher
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Species: | S. frenatus
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Sarritor frenatus (Gilbert, 1896)
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The sawback poacher[2] (Sarritor frenatus) is a species of fish in the family Agonidae, the poachers.[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1896, originally under the genus Odontopyxis.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including Japan , the Gulf of Anadyr, the Bering Sea, the Aleutian chain, and British Columbia, Canada . It dwells at a depth range of 18 to 975 metres (59 to 3,199 ft), and inhabits soft sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres (11 in).[3]
The sawback poacher is preyed on by bony fish including the Pacific cod, the Kamchatka flounder, the Pacific halibut, the Aleutian skate, and Careproctus cyclocephalus.[5] Its own diet consists of fish, fish eggs, fish offal, amphipods, euphausiids, isopods, shrimp, and polychaetes.[6]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Gilbert, C. H., 1896 (9 Dec.) [ref. 1628] The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35.
- ↑ Organisms Preying on Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Food items reported for Sarritor frenatus at www.fishbase.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q2488414 entry