Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus)

Scientific name: Leptagonus decagonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus)

The Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus) is a marine fish of the family Agonidae.

Biology

Inhabits muddy bottoms at temperatures of 4.4 to -1.7 ?C. Benthic, possibly bathypelagic. Feeds on pelagic and benthic crustaceans and polychaetes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Leptagonus decagonus
Family
Agonidae (Poachers)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
21.0
Depth range
0–930 m (0–3051 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 930 m, usually 75 - 230 m
Climate
Polar
Distribution
Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific: Grand Bank and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada in western Atlantic. Eastern Atlantic: Spitsbergen and Finmarken coasts in Norway eastward to White Sea, Barents Sea and Kara Sea; also Iceland and Greenland. Also Okhotsk and Bering seas.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 1,088)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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