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Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Atlantic poacher |
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photo by
Dolgov, A. |
| Family: | Agonidae (Poachers), subfamily: Agoninae | |||
| Max. size: | 21 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 930 m | |||
| 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. | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Inhabits muddy bottoms at temperatures of 4.4 to -1.7 °C (Ref. 4700). Benthic, possibly bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on pelagic and benthic crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 4700). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||