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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae Poachers
Subfamily: Agoninae
Genus: Agonopsis

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)

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Southwest Atlantic
 
Agonopsis asperoculis
[]

Photo by Svensen, E.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
Agonopsis chiloensis (Jenyns, 1840)

Photo by Svensen, E.
 
Agonopsis chiloensis
[Snailfish]

Photo by Stender, K.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Agonopsis sterletus (Gilbert, 1898)

Photo by Stender, K.
 
Agonopsis sterletus
[Southern spearnose poacher]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Agonopsis vulsa (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Agonopsis vulsa
[Northern spearnose poacher]
4 Species of Family Agonidae with Genus Agonopsis
(Poachers)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1916 Agonopsis asperoculis Southwest Atlantic
1840 Agonopsis chiloensis Snailfish Southeast Pacific 12.5 SL
1898 Agonopsis sterletus Southern spearnose poacher Eastern Central Pacific 15 TL
1880 Agonopsis vulsa Northern spearnose poacher Eastern Pacific 20 TL



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