Northern spearnose poacher

The northern spearnose poacher (Agonopsis vulsa, also known as the window-tailed sea-poacher or the windowtail poacher[2]) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1880, originally under the genus Agonus.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling fish which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean, including southeastern Alaska to southern California, USA. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 163 metres (0 to 535 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[3]

Northern spearnose poacher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Agonidae
Genus:
Agonopsis
Species:
A. vulsa
Binomial name
Agonopsis vulsa
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agonus vulsus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
  • Podothecus vulsus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
  • Stelgis vulsus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
  • Averruncus emmelane Jordan & Starks, 1895
  • Agonopsis emmelane (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
  • Xystes axinophrys Jordan & Starks, 1895

The northern spearnose poacher is sometimes used as a public aquarium fish.[3]

References
  1. Synonyms of Agonopsis vulsa at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Agonopsis vulsa at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Agonopsis vulsa at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Gilbert, 1880 (2 Nov.) [ref. 18354] Description of a new agonoid (Agonus vulsus), from the coast of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 162): 330-332.


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