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sturgeon poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus)
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Agonidae

sturgeon poacher

Podothecus accipenserinus

Sturgeon of Coastal Waters

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

sturgeon poacher is known around North Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 30.5 cm.

Family
Agonidae
Maximum length
30.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
North Pacific: western Bering Sea south of Cape Navarin to Commander Islands, and Pacific Ocean to Sea of Okhotsk off southwestern Kamchatka and northern Kuril Islands; eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands from Attu Island to northern California at Point Reyes.

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