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pogge (Agonus cataphractus)
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pogge (Agonus cataphractus) specimen
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Agonidae

pogge

Agonus cataphractus

Laying thousands of eggs upon seaweed

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Europe
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

pogge is known around Northeast Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in coastal waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 21 cm.

Family
Agonidae
Genus
Agonus
Maximum length
21 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: English Channel to Finmarken and Murman coasts and White Sea, also the Shetlands, the Faroes and southern and southwestern coasts of Iceland; southern part of Baltic.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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