Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Agonidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Genus Bathyagonus | |
Similar Rockhead, Fourhorn poacher, Northern spearnose poacher | ||
The Spinycheek starsnout (Bathyagonus infraspinatus) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1904.
It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, including the coast of the Bering Sea in Alaska, and Eureka, California, USA. It dwells at a depth range of 18-183 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 12 centimetres.
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