Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Atlantic poacher
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


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