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Chesnonia

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Species of fish

Chesnonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Agonidae
Subfamily: Brachyopsinae
Genus: Chesnonia
Iredale & Whitley, 1969
Species: C. verrucosa
Binomial name
Chesnonia verrucosa
(Lockington, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Brachyopsis verrucosus Lockington, 1880
  • Occa verrucosa (Lockington, 1880)
  • Occella verrucosa (Lockington, 1880)
  • Agonus barkani Steindachner, 1880

Chesnonia is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Brachyopsinae in the family Agonidae. Its only species is Chesnonia verrucosa, the warty poacher, which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it occurs from Bristol Bay and Unimak Island in Alaska south to Point Montara in California. It is found at depths of from 18 to 425 metres (59 to 1,394 ft) over soft substrates. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chesnonia verrucosa". FishBase. August 2022 version.
Taxon identifiers
Chesnonia verrucosa


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