Podothecus acipenserinus (Sturgeon-Like Sea-Poacher)

Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Stør-Panserulk

Common Names in English:

Sturgeon Poacher, Sturgeon-Like Sea-Poacher

Common Names in German:

Störpanzergroppe

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

鱘狀八角魚, 鱘形足溝魚, 鲟状八角鱼, 鲟形足沟鱼

Description

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Family Agonidae

Distribution: Arctic , northern North Atlantic, North Pacific, and southern South America. Usually elongate body, covered with bony plates . Pelvic fins thoracic ; spine 1, soft rays 2. Dorsal fins 1 or 2; first dorsal fin, when present, spines 2-21; second dorsal fin soft rays 4-14 . Anal fin soft rays 4-28. Principal caudal fin rays 10-12. Branchiostegal rays 5 or 6. Basihyal rudimentary or absent. Tubular bones 1 or absent. Predorsal bone absent. Swimbladder absent. Vertebrae 34-47. Maximum length about 30 cm.The family Agonidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 20 genera and 44 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is balistiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, a = without + gone = descent, origin

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Actinopterygii () - Huxley, 1880 - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Subclass: Actinopterygii () - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Superorder: Acanthopterygii ()
        Order: Scorpaeniformes ()
        Suborder: Cottoidei ()
        Family: Agonidae () - Poachers
        Genus: Podothecus () - Jordan & Starks, 1895
        Specific name: acipenserinus
        Subspecies: acipenserinus
        Scientific name: - Podothecus acipenserinus

Unambiguous Synonyms

Phalangistes acipenserinus Pallas, 1814
Podothecus accipenserinus (Tilesius, 1813)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Podothecus

There are approximately 11 species in this genus:

P. acipenserinus (Sturgeon Poacher) · P. accipenserinus (Sturgeon Poacher) · P. acepenserinus · P. hamlini · P. hamliniin · P. podothecus gilberti · P. sachi · P. sturiodes · P. sturioides · P. thomsoni · P. veternus (Veteran Poacher)

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Notes

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Contributors

Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2499520
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166741
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 153340