Atlantic poacher

Leptagonus decagonus

Twenty One Centimeters Agonid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

Polar
Circumpolar Arctic
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Europe
North America
Polar regions
Elongated
Medium
Cold-water fish

The Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus) is a species of poacher native to the northern oceans. It is found at depths of from 0 to 930 metres (0 to 3,051 ft). This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Leptagonus
Maximum length: 21 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest Pacific: Grand Bank and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada in western Atlantic (Ref. 7251 ). 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.

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