Longnose poacher

The longnose poacher[2] (Sarritor leptorhynchus) is a 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, deep water-dwelling fish which is known from the northern Pacific Ocean, including the Bering Sea, southeastern Alaska, northern Japan, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. It dwells at a depth range of 20 to 460 metres (66 to 1,509 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[3]

Longnose poacher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Sarritor
Species:
S. leptorhynchus
Binomial name
Sarritor leptorhynchus
(Gilbert, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Odontopyxis leptorhynchus Gilbert, 1896
  • Leptagonus leptorhynchus (Gilbert, 1896)

The Longfin poacher's diet consists of crustaceans such as euphausiids, mysids, amphipods, and copepods, as well as polychaetes and other benthic invertebrates.[5]

References
  1. Synonyms of Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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.
  5. Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Sarritor leptorhynchus at www.fishbase.org.


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