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Poachers
Agonidae
The poachers are a family (Agonidae) of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fish. They are also known as alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. Poachers are notable for having elongated bodies covered by scales modified into bony plates, and for using their large pectoral fins to move in short bursts. The family includes about 47 species in some 20 genera, some of which are quite widespread.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 49 known species
Hooknose poachers
subfamilyAgoninae
Spearnose poachers
subfamilyAgonopsinae
Starsnouts
subfamilyBathyagoninae
Sturgeon poachers
subfamilyPodothecinae
Alligator poachers
subfamilyAnoplagoninae
Uppermouth poachers
subfamilyBrachyopsinae
Dragon poachers
subfamilyHypsagoninae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85563.