Needle poacher

Anoplagonus occidentalis

Its snout lacks the nasal spine of its kin

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Elongated
Small
Temperate fish

Anoplagonus occidentalis is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by Georgii Ustinovich Lindberg in 1950. It is a marine fish which dwells in temperate waters, and is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Anoplagonus
Maximum length: 10 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Japan, Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, and the Sea of Japan.

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