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Veteran poacher

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Veteran poacher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Podothecus
Species:
P. veternus
Binomial name
Podothecus veternus
Jordan & Starks, 1895

The veteran poacher[1] (Podothecus veternus) is a fish in the family Agonidae.[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1895.[3] It is a marine, polar water-dwelling fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Peter the Great Bay; Robben Island, Sakhalin; and the Sea of Okhotsk. It dwells at a depth range 10 to 605 metres (33 to 1,985 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 28 centimetres (11 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Common names of Podothecus veternus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Podothecus veternus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Jordan, D. S. and E. C. Starks, 1895 (21 Dec.) [ref. 2522] The fishes of Puget Sound. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5: 785-855, Pls. 76-104.
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