Spinycheek starsnout

The spinycheek starsnout[2] (Bathyagonus infraspinatus) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1904.[4]

Spinycheek starsnout
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Bathyagonus
Species:
B. infraspinatus
Binomial name
Bathyagonus infraspinatus
(Gilbert, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Xeneretmus infraspinatus Gilbert, 1904
  • Asterotheca infraspinata (Gilbert, 1904)
  • Bathyagonus infraspinata (Gilbert, 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.[3]

References
  1. Synonyms of Bathyagonus infraspinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Bathyagonus infraspinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bathyagonus infraspinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Gilbert, C. H., 1904 (20 Aug.) [ref. 12422] Notes on fishes from the Pacific coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 3) v. 3 (no. 9): 255-271, Pls. 25-29.


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