Sawback poacher
The sawback poacher[2] (Sarritor frenatus) is a species of fish in the family Agonidae.[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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Sarritor |
| Species: | S. frenatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarritor frenatus (Gilbert, 1896) | |
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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.
- 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.