tubenose poacher

Pallasina barbata

Fish Reaching Seventeen Centimeters in Japanese Waters

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
North America
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

The tubenose poacher (Pallasina barbata) is a species of poacher native to the northern Pacific Ocean. This species occurs at depths of from 0 to 105 metres (0 to 340 ft).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Pallasina
Maximum length: 17 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and to Bodega Bay, central California, USA. Past works (e.g. Hart 1973, Ref. 6885 ) recognized two subspecies, Pallasina barbata barbata occurring in the Bering Sea and along the Asian coast through the Sea of Okhotsk to Japan and Pallasina barbata aix occurring from the Gulf of Alaska to California, USA, as well as Kamchatka and Japan. Sheiko 1993 on the other hand recognizes both Pallasina barbata and Pallasina aix as valid species (Ref. 26282 ).

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